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In Fresno, California, a sitting councilmember, Annalisa Perea, announced plans to introduce a new ordinance that would bar registered sex offenders from running for city council. She made this announcement after learning that a resident who is on the state’s sex-offender registry is preparing a campaign for the District 7 seat in the upcoming June election. Under current California law,

Civil liberties advocates are taking issue with new legislation in Michigan that would prohibit anyone on the sex offender registry from working at businesses that “primarily serve” minors. Supporters frame House Bills 5425 and 5426 as common sense protections for children. But opponents argue the proposal is not only overbroad, but unconstitutionally vague. At the center of the concern is

Illinois Rep. Katie Stuart (D–112th) has introduced HB4332, a bill that would require individuals on the state’s Sex Offender Registry to disclose drone ownership to the Illinois State Police, including the make and model of any drone they possess. Under current Illinois law, individuals on the registry are required to provide a current photograph, home address, employment information, phone numbers,

Authorities must weigh whether a sex offender convicted in other states committed a crime similar to a Megan’s Law offense before forcing them to register under the law in New Jersey, an appellate court found Monday. The ruling, which ordered two cases in Secaucus and Union City reopened motions to dismiss and reversed a conviction in the Secaucus case, says