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House adopts amended child-safety-zone language for tier‑3 offenders after heated debate
Summary
Lawmakers debated and amended Senate Bill 460 to create child safety zones (parks, playgrounds, bus stops, daycares, public pools) and expand prohibitions on tier‑3 offenders, including elevating violations to felony-level penalties; critics warned the text was too broad and possibly unconstitutional.
Representative Sherr, speaking against the amendment, warned that the committee-drafted language went “way too broad,” saying a person covered by the statute could face a class B felony for merely being within 500 feet of a child-safety zone even when no child was present. “That’s the fatal flaw,” Sherr said, and suggested adding a requirement that a child be present to avoid overbreadth and vagueness.
Questioning from other members focused on…
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