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Sponsors urge expanding residency restrictions to keep convicted offenders away from their victims
Summary
Representatives Klopfenstein and Williams told the committee House Bill 102 would bar registered sex offenders from residing within 2,000 feet of their victims and loitering within 1,000 feet, with grandfathering and landlord protections; members raised housing, retroactivity and enforcement concerns.
House Bill 102 drew extended discussion during a first hearing as sponsors proposed expanding residency and loitering restrictions for registered sex offenders.
Representative Klopfenstein told the committee the bill responds to a constituent whose six‑year‑old daughter was abused by a neighbor who remained legally allowed to live near the victim. HB102 would expand current restrictions so convicted sex offenders could not reside within…
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