Sexual Offenders Legislation - Tennessee

Companion Bill SB0003. Sexual Offenders - Makes information on sexual offender registration form public information for all offenders required to register, regardless of date of conviction. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for HB0002 / *SB0003Increase State Expenditures - $10,000 One-Time Bill Summary for HB0002 / *SB0003 Under present law, when a person who is convicted of a sexual offense is required to register with the TBI's sexual offender registry, the information that the TBI receives from the offender is kept confidential if the offense was committed prior to July 1, 1997. The information is made public if the offense was committed on or after July 1, 1997. This bill eliminates the distinction in the date of commission of an offense, thereby making all registry information public, including registry [...]

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Companion Bill SB0064. Sexual Offenders - Requires sexual offender who moves to this state to register regardless of the date of conviction or discharge from supervision if such offender was required to register in another jurisdiction; requires registration by persons in this state convicted of a qualifying offense regardless of the date of conviction or release from supervision; redefines "conviction." - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *HB0008 / SB0064(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - $1,300 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB0008 / SB0064 Under present law, a person is required to register with the TBI's sexual offender registry if the person: (1) Was convicted of an applicable sexual offense or violent sexual offense on or after January 1, 1995; or (2) Was convicted of an applicable [...]

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Companion Bill SB0138. Sexual Offenders - Changes incest from a "sexual offense" to a "violent sexual offense" for purposes of the sexual offender registry. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for HB0105 / *SB0138Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB0105 / *SB0138 Under present law, certain sexual offenders and violent sexual offenders must register with the TBI. Present law classifies a person convicted of incest as a sexual offender for registration purposes. This bill reclassifies persons convicted of incest as violent sexual offenders. Once a year, all sexual offenders must report in person to the designated law enforcement agency to update the offender's fingerprints, palm prints, and photograph, as determined necessary by the agency, to verify the continued accuracy of the information [...]

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Companion Bill SB0239. Sexual Offenders - Enacts the "Tennessee Model Jessica Lunsford Sexual Offender Act of 2007.” - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2; Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5; Title 40, Chapter 15; Title 40, Chapter 35 and Title 40, Chapter 39. Fiscal Summary for *HB0147 / SB0239Increase State Revenues - $47,900 First Year $59,800 Each Succeeding Year Increase State Expenditures - $34,278,600 / Incarceration* $6,406,800 First Year & $7,540,700 Each Succeeding Year $89,000 One-Time First Year & $11,000 Each Succeeding Year Other Fiscal Impact - It is estimated that an average of one offender per year will receive a death sentence. If a death sentence offender serves an average of 20 years before the sentence is carried out, there will be no significant [...]

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Companion Bill SB1177. Sexual Offenders - Clarifies the age distinctions required for the offense of statutory rape; makes statutory rape by authority figure a violent sexual offense for purposes of the sex offender registry and extends the statute of limitations for the prosecution of aggravated child rape and statutory rape by an authority figure. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5; Title 40, Chapter 2 and Title 40, Chapter 39. Fiscal Summary for *HB0175 / SB1177Increase State Expenditures - $63,700 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB0175 / SB1177 Under present law, statutory rape, a Class E felony occurs when: (1) The victim is at least 13 but less than 15 years of age and the defendant is at least four years older than the victim; or (2) The victim is at least 15 but less than 18 years of age and the defendant [...]

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Companion Bill SB0585. Sexual Offenders - Requires serious sexual offenders convicted on or after January 1, 2008, as mandatory condition of release to be subject to a satellite monitoring program for the duration of the offender's parole or probation supervision. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 35, Part 3 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for *HB0189 / SB0585Increase State Revenues - $48,900 First Year $67,800 Each Succeeding Year Increase State Expenditures - $6,522,000 First Year & $8,267,200 Each Succeeding Year $72,700 One-Time First Year & $16,500 Each Succeeding Year Bill Summary for *HB0189 / SB0585 Present law authorizes a pilot project whereby the board of probation and parole may require a person convicted of a sexual offense to wear a satellite-based [...]

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Companion Bill SB1174. Sexual Offenders - Prohibits sexual offender or violent sexual offender from threatening or harassing the former victim or victims' family by verbal or electronic communication for no legitimate purpose. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *HB0194 / SB1174Increase State Expenditures - $59,300 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB0194 / SB1174 Present law generally prohibits any sexual offender from knowingly residing within 1,000 feet of the property line on which the offender's former victims, or the victims' immediate family members, reside and from knowingly coming within 100 feet of any of the offender's former victims. This bill further limits the contact that a sexual offender may have with the offender's former victims by prohibiting sexual offenders from threatening, harassing,[...]

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Companion Bill SB0230. Sexual Offenders - Creates class of "child sexual predators" composed of persons convicted of certain sexual offenses and requires that upon a second or subsequent conviction for these offenses the person must serve 100 percent of sentence imposed. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 and Title 40, Chapter 35. Fiscal Summary for *HB0252 / SB0230Increase State Expenditures - $2,036,900 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB0252 / SB0230 Under present law, any person who is convicted one or more times of rape of a child or two or more times of rape or aggravated rape must serve the entire sentence imposed by the court, undiminished by sentence reduction credits, parole, or early release due to prison overcrowding. This bill classifies any person who is convicted two or more times of any combination of the [...]

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Companion Bill SB0295. Sexual Offenders - Adds rape of a child and aggravated rape of a child to felony murder offenses elevating a murder to first degree murder and requires misdemeanor probation officers to determine if new probationer is on the sexual offender registry. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 40, Chapter 35. Fiscal Summary for HB0284 / *SB0295Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB0284 / *SB0295 This bill classifies the killing of another in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate rape of a child, or aggravated rape of a child, as first degree murder. Under present law, first degree murder is punished by death, life imprisonment without possibility of parole, or life imprisonment. This bill also requires any person [...]

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Companion Bill HB4197. Sexual Offenders - Makes various changes to registration requirements for sexual offenders; requires notification of certain groups when an offender registers or updates registry information; establishes minimum sentences for failure to register or update registry information; adds to the information that registered offenders are required to provide to the registry; makes other changes. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for SB4199 / *HB4197Increase State Expenditures - $26,000/One-Time Other Fiscal Impact - Failure to enact this legislation will result in a loss of 10 percent ($730,000) of the federal Bryne grant funds. Bill Summary for SB4199 / *HB4197 ON MAY 20, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1 AND #2 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 4197, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to [...]

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Companion Bill SB3320. Sexual Offenders - Prohibits any person convicted of sexual offense against a minor from residing with or being in close proximity to a minor, even if the offender is a parent of the minor; and supersedes any custody decree or visitation order to the contrary. - Amends TCA Title 40. Fiscal Summary for HB3479 / *SB3320Increase State Expenditures - $6,900/Incarceration* Bill Summary for HB3479 / *SB3320 Present law prohibits any registered sexual offender or violent sexual offender, whose victim was a minor, from knowingly establishing a primary or secondary residence or any other living accommodation where a minor resides; provided, however, an offender may reside with a minor who is the offender's child unless the offender's parental rights have been or are in the process of being terminated or any child of the offender [...]

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Companion Bill SB3362. Sexual Offenders - Requires juveniles 14-18 adjudicated delinquent for commission of offenses of aggravated rape of a child, rape of a child, aggravated rape, and attempt to commit any such offense to register with the sex offender registry as a violent juvenile sexual offender. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39. Fiscal Summary for *HB3141 / SB3362Increase State Expenditures - $10,500/One-Time $8,100/Recurring Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 Other Fiscal Impact - Increase Federal Expenditures - $4,700 Bill Summary for *HB3141 / SB3362 This bill requires a juvenile between the ages of 14 and 18 who is adjudicated delinquent for the commission of aggravated rape, rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child, or attempt to commit any of these offenses to register with the sex offender [...]

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Companion Bill HB3479. Sexual Offenders - Prohibits any person convicted of sexual offense against a minor from residing with or being in close proximity to a minor, even if the offender is a parent of the minor; and supersedes any custody decree or visitation order to the contrary. - Amends TCA Title 40. Fiscal Summary for *SB3320 / HB3479Increase State Expenditures - $6,900/Incarceration* Bill Summary for *SB3320 / HB3479 Present law prohibits any registered sexual offender or violent sexual offender, whose victim was a minor, from knowingly establishing a primary or secondary residence or any other living accommodation where a minor resides; provided, however, an offender may reside with a minor who is the offender's child unless the offender's parental rights have been or are in the process of being terminated or any child of the offender [...]

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Companion Bill HB3141. Sexual Offenders - Requires juveniles 14-18 adjudicated delinquent for commission of offenses of aggravated rape of a child, rape of a child, aggravated rape, and attempt to commit any such offense to register with the sex offender registry as a violent juvenile sexual offender. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39. Fiscal Summary for SB3362 / *HB3141Increase State Expenditures - $10,500/One-Time $8,100/Recurring Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 Other Fiscal Impact - Increase Federal Expenditures - $4,700 Bill Summary for SB3362 / *HB3141 This bill requires a juvenile between the ages of 14 and 18 who is adjudicated delinquent for the commission of aggravated rape, rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child, or attempt to commit any of these offenses to register with the sex offender [...]

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Companion Bill SB3033. Sexual Offenders - Prohibits registered sexual offenders from being on school property when minors are present. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39. Fiscal Summary for *HB2847 / SB3033Increase State Expenditures - $199,500/Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB2847 / SB3033 This bill prohibits any person who is required to register as a sexual offender or violent sexual offender from knowingly being present when minors are present in certain school-related structures. This prohibition applies to any school building or real property on which school events or activities take place as well as any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport students to or from school or a school related activity. However, if an offender is the parent or guardian of a student present in the building, on the grounds, or in [...]

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Companion Bill SB3162. Sexual Offenders - Provides that person convicted of sexual offense or violent sexual offense is not eligible for work release whether housed in the department of correction, a local facility, or a private prison. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41. Fiscal Summary for *HB2917 / SB3162Local Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB2917 / SB3162 ON APRIL 10, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 3162, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 specifies that as used in this bill "work release" and "work release program" includes any assignment to a work crew in which a prisoner is permitted to go out into the community, whether supervised or unsupervised, except a work assignment to TRICOR or any TRICOR facility. ON APRIL 10, 2008, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE [...]

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Companion Bill SB3148. Sexual Offenders - Requires sexual offenders convicted prior to January 1, 1995, to stay on sex offender registry for five years from August 1, 2007, before petitioning for removal; adds offense of bestiality to registry as a sexual offense; makes community correction advisory board a registering agency; and requires TBI to have a death certificate before removing offender from registry. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *HB2918 / SB3148(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - $519,300/One-Time $5,200/Recurring Bill Summary for *HB2918 / SB3148 This bill revises various provisions under the Tennessee Sexual Offender and Violent Sexual Offender Registration, Verification, and Tracking Act, as follows: (1) This bill requires persons convicted of bestiality to register.[...]

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Companion Bill SB2756. Sexual Offenders - Adds the offense of aggravated rape of a child as a "violent sexual offense" for purpose of the sexual offender registry. - Amends TCA Section 40-39-202. Fiscal Summary for HB2920 / *SB2756Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB2920 / *SB2756 This bill requires any person who is convicted of rape of a child to register as a violent sexual offender instead of a sexual offender. Under present law, the primary differences between registration as a sexual offender and registration as a violent sexual offender are as follows: (1) Sexual offenders are required to report annually to their designated law enforcement agency to update and verify information that is required for the registry. Violent sexual offenders are required to report four times per year; and [...]

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