HB0090 • 2023

Sex offender registration requirements.

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; prohibiting sex offenders from petitioning to be relieved from sex offender registration as specified; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Crime

Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor: Representative Knapp
Last action: 2023-02-24
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on what happens if someone was under 18 when committing the crime, and it is unclear how many individuals will be impacted by this change.

Sex Offender Registration Requirements

The bill prohibits certain sex offenders from petitioning to be removed from the sex offender registry unless they were under 18 at the time of their offense.

What This Bill Does

Amends existing law to prohibit people convicted of specific sex crimes from asking to be removed from the sex offender registry, except if they were under 18 when committing the crime.

Who It Names or Affects

People convicted of certain sex crimes in Wyoming.
Courts that handle cases involving sex offender registration.

Terms To Know

Sex Offender Registry: A list kept by the government where information about people who have been found guilty of sex crimes is stored and made public.
Petition: An official request to a court or other authority asking for something specific, like being removed from a registry.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not become law as it died in committee.
It is unclear how many people will be affected by this change in Wyoming.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB0090H3001

3rd reading • Representative Stith

Failed

Plain English: The amendment removes specific references to sections 6-2-303 and 6-2-315 from the bill text.

Removes the reference to section 6-2-303 in line 2 of page 2.
Removes the reference to section 6-2-315 in both lines 2 and 20 of page 2.

The amendment does not provide details about what sections 6-2-303 and 6-2-315 contain, so it's unclear how their removal will affect the bill's overall impact.

HB0090H3002

3rd reading • Representative Stith

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds a new section to HB0090 that limits the law's applicability to offenders convicted on or after its effective date.

Adds a new section stating that the act only applies to sex offenders who are convicted of their offenses on or after the law goes into effect.

The amendment text does not specify when the law will go into effect, which is an important detail for understanding its timing and impact.

HB0090HW001

Committee of the Whole • Representative Chestek

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds an exception to the bill, allowing sex offenders who were under 18 years old when they committed their offenses to petition for relief from registration requirements.

Adds a clause that excludes individuals who were younger than 18 at the time of committing certain offenses from being prohibited from petitioning to be relieved from sex offender registration.

The amendment text does not specify what kind of relief or conditions for such petitions, leaving these details unclear.

Bill History

2023-02-24 Senate
S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
2023-02-24 Senate
S No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2023-02-13 Senate
S01 - Judiciary:Do Pass Failed 1-4-0-0-0
2023-01-31 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary
2023-01-26 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2023-01-26 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 50-11-1-0-0
2023-01-25 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2023-01-24 House
H COW:Passed
2023-01-20 House
H Placed on General File
2023-01-20 House
H01 - Judiciary:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0
2023-01-16 House
H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary
2023-01-09 House
H Received for Introduction
2023-01-06 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

23LSO-0502
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0502
ENGROSSED
3.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0090

Sex offender registration requirements.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Knapp

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; prohibiting sex offenders from petitioning to be relieved from sex offender registration as specified; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 7
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304(a)(i) and (ii)(intro) is amended to read:

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304.

Termination of duty to register.

(a)

The duty to register under W.S. 7
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302 shall begin on the date of sentencing and continue for the duration of the offender's life, subject to the following:

(i)

Except for an offender convicted of a violation of W.S. 6
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2
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302, 6
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303, 6
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314, 6
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315, 6
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402 or a violation in another jurisdiction containing the same or similar elements as the preceding criminal offenses unless the offender was under the age of eighteen (18) at the time of the offense, a
n offender specified in W.S. 7
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302(g) or adjudicated as a delinquent for offenses specified in W.S. 7
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302(j), who has been registered for at least ten (10) years, exclusive of periods of confinement and periods in which the offender was not registered as required by law, may petition the district court for the district in which the offender is registered to be relieved of the duty to continue to register if the offender has maintained a clean record as provided in subsection (d) of this section.

Upon a showing that the offender has maintained a clean record as provided in subsection (d) of this section for ten (10) years, the district court may order the offender relieved of the duty to continue registration;

(ii)

Except for an offender convicted of a violation of W.S. 6
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2
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314, 6
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315 or a violation in another jurisdiction containing the same or similar elements as the preceding criminal offenses unless the offender was under the age of eighteen (18) at the time of the offense, a
n offender specified in W.S. 7
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302(h) who has been registered for at least twenty
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five (25) years, exclusive of periods of confinement and periods in which the offender was not registered as required by law, may petition the district court for the district in which the offender is registered to be relieved of the duty to continue to register if the offender has maintained a clean record as provided in subsection (d) of this section.

Upon a showing that the offender has maintained a clean record as provided in subsection (d) of this section for twenty
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five (25) years, the district court may order the offender relieved of the duty to continue registration; and

Section 2.

This act shall only apply to offenders who are convicted on or after the effective date of this act.

Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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