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SF0036 • 2007

Sex offender harboring/registration.

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; establishing the crime of harboring a sex offender who is suspected of violating the law as specified; increasing penalties for failure to register as a sex offender as specified; providing penalties; and providing for an effective date.

Crime
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Judiciary
Last action
2007-02-14
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2007

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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SF0036H2001

2nd reading • SIMPSON

Adopted, Corrected

Plain English: Adopted, Corrected 2nd reading by SIMPSON

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SF0036H3001

3rd reading • SIMPSON

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 3rd reading by SIMPSON

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SF0036HS001

Standing Committee • H01

Failed

Plain English: Failed Standing Committee by H01

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SF0036S2001

2nd reading • ROSS

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by ROSS

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SF0036SW001

Committee of the Whole • PERKINS

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by PERKINS

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SF0036SS001

Standing Committee • ROSS

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by ROSS

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Bill History

  1. 2007-02-14 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number - 13

  2. 2007-02-14 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA0007

  3. 2007-02-12 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 7

  4. 2007-02-12 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0007

  5. 2007-02-09 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA0007

  6. 2007-02-09 Senate

    S Did Concur

  7. 2007-02-08 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  8. 2007-02-08 House

    Amendment Adopted

  9. 2007-02-07 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  10. 2007-02-07 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  11. 2007-02-07 House

    Amendment Adopted

  12. 2007-02-06 House

    H Passed CoW

  13. 2007-02-06 House

    Amendment Failed

  14. 2007-02-05 House

    H Placed on General File

  15. 2007-02-05 House

    H01 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  16. 2007-02-01 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01

  17. 2007-01-23 House

    H Received for Introduction

  18. 2007-01-16 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  19. 2007-01-15 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  20. 2007-01-15 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  21. 2007-01-12 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  22. 2007-01-12 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  23. 2007-01-12 Senate

    S Amendments Adopted

  24. 2007-01-12 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  25. 2007-01-11 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  26. 2007-01-11 Senate

    S01 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  27. 2007-01-09 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01

  28. 2007-01-09 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  29. 2006-12-18 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

2007 General Session Summary for SF0036

Bill No.:
SF0036
Drafter:

JHR

LSO No.:
07LSO-0010
Effective Date:

7/1/2007

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA0007

Chapter No.:
13

Prime Sponsor:
Joint
Judiciary Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Sex
offender harboring/registration.

Subject:
Creates the crime of harboring a sex offender
who is suspected of violating the law and creates and amends penalties.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill:

Creates the crime of
harboring, assisting, concealing or withholding information about a sex
offender who has not registered as an offender as required by law or who is
sought for questioning regarding other laws prohibiting a sexual offense, child
abuse or kidnapping;

Provides a penalty punishable
by imprisonment for not more than 6 months, a fine of not more than $750.00, or
both for the person who harbors, assists, conceals or withholds information
about the sex offender who is in violation of the specified laws;

Increases the penalties for a
sex offender who fails to register as required under W.S. 7-19-307 to include
imprisonment for not more than 5 years, a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or
both for a first offense; or imprisonment for not more than 10 years, a fine of
not more than $1,000.00, or both for a subsequent offense.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0036

ENROLLED ACT NO. 7, SENATE

FIFTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2007 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; establishing the crime of harboring a sex offender who is suspected of violating the law as specified; increasing penalties for failure to register as a sex offender as specified; providing penalties; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 7
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19
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308 is created to read:

7
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19
‑
308.

Harboring a sex offender; penalties; exceptions.

(a)

A person is guilty of the crime of harboring, assisting, concealing, or withholding information about, a sex offender, if the person has knowledge that a sex offender who is required to register under W.S. 7
‑
19
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302 is not complying, or has not complied, with the requirements of W.S. 7
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19
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302 and the person:

(i)

Assists the sex offender in eluding a law enforcement agency that is seeking to question the sex offender about, or to arrest the sex offender for, his noncompliance with the requirements of W.S. 7
‑
19
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302 or any other law prohibiting a sexual offense, child abuse or kidnapping;

(ii)

Withholds information, including but not limited to the location of the sex offender, from, or fails to notify, the law enforcement agency about the sex offender's noncompliance with the requirements of W.S. 7
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19
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302 or any other law prohibiting a sexual offense, child abuse or kidnapping and commits an affirmative act in furtherance of paragraph (a)(i), (iii) or (iv) of this section;

(iii)

Harbors, or attempts to harbor, or assists another person in harboring or attempting to harbor, the sex offender;

(iv)

Conceals or attempts to conceal, or assists another person in concealing or attempting to conceal, the sex offender; or

(v)

Provides information to the law enforcement agency regarding the sex offender which the person knows to be false.

(b)

Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply if the sex offender is incarcerated in a local, state or federal detention or correctional facility, or is in the custody of a law enforcement agency.

(c)

A violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.

Section 2.

W.S.

7
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19
‑
307(c) and (d) is amended to read:

7
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19
‑
307.

Penalties.

(c)

A person who knowingly fails to register as required by W.S. 7
‑
19
‑
302 is guilty of a
high misdemeanor
felony
punishable by a fine of up to
seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00)
one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
, imprisonment for not more than
one (1) year
five (5) years
, or both.

(d)

A person convicted of a subsequent violation of knowingly failing to register as required by W.S. 7
‑
19
‑
302 is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment for not more than
five (5)
ten (10)
years, or both.

Section 3.

This act is effective July 1, 2007.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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