Other States

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

We all know what’s going on in Florida with HB 45/SB 212, but we are not alone. Over the last several weeks, we’ve seen a wave of new proposals in statehouses that tighten restrictions on people convicted of sex offenses. But the speed and tone of these efforts, driven in part by what we identified in last week’s Weekly Update