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24LSO-0502
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0502
Numbered
2.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0153
Sex offender registration requirements.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Knapp, Banks, Bear, Clouston, Jennings, Singh and Winter and Senator(s) Hutchings and Laursen, D
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; prohibiting specified sex offenders from eligibility for relief from registration; 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), (ii) and by creating new subsections (e) and (f) 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 as provided in subsection (e) of this section, 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 as provided in subsection (f) of this section, 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
(e)
An offender adjudicated as a delinquent and required to register under W.S. 7
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302(j) for any of the following offenses shall not be eligible for relief from registration under this section: W.S. 6
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302, 6
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303, 6
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314(a)(i) through (iii) if the victim was less than thirteen (13) years of age, 6
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315(a)(ii) through (iv) if the victim was less than thirteen (13) years of age, an offense in another jurisdiction containing the same or similar elements, or arising out of the same or similar facts or circumstances as a criminal offense specified in this subsection, or an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the offenses specified in this subsection.
(f)
An offender required to register under W.S. 7
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302(h) for any of the following offenses shall not be eligible for relief from registration under this section: W.S. 6
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314(a)(ii) and (iii), 6
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315(a)(i) and (iii), 6
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315(a)(iv) if the victim was thirteen (13) through fifteen (15) years of age, an offense in another jurisdiction containing the same or similar elements, or arising out of the same or similar facts or circumstances as a criminal offense specified in this subsection, or an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the offenses specified in this subsection.
Section 2
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This act shall only apply to offenders who are convicted or adjudicated as a delinquent for a registerable offense on or after July 1, 2024.
Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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