Plain English Breakdown
The effective date is not provided in the source material, only that it passed the legislature.
AB-767: Expanding School Safety Zones for Sexually Violent Predators
This law adds child daycare centers to the list of places where certain sexually violent predators cannot live after being released from custody.
What This Bill Does
- Adds a rule that prohibits specific people on conditional release from living within one-quarter mile of a day care center or child daycare facility.
- Keeps existing rules that stop these same people from living near public or private schools if they have harmed children before.
- Defines 'private school' as a facility listed with the State Department of Education for students aged 6 to 18.
Who It Names or Affects
- People who are sexually violent predators and have been granted conditional release from civil commitment.
- Courts that decide where these people can live after they leave custody.
- Child daycare centers located near the homes of released individuals.
Terms To Know
- Sexually violent predator
- A person who has been legally determined to be a danger due to sexual violence and is held in civil commitment.
- Conditional release
- When the court allows a committed person to leave custody but must follow strict rules about where they live and how they behave.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law only applies if the person has been convicted of sexual misconduct against children or found by a court to have such a history.
- The text does not state when this bill will officially become effective after passing the legislature.
- The rule about distance from schools and daycares only starts once the person is released on conditional terms.