Yes, I agree a lawsuit has to be weighed, BUT…This is a rights violation for those of us who have finished our sentences. I have been put back in the system that I fought so hard to get away from and out of. I did my time. I paid for my crime. The U.S. Constitution “guarantees” that I will not be subject to double jeopardy. So weigh all that when the bill get passed. There are SO MANY others in my same place. Does the Law not matter any more????? We have grounds to fight this continuing imprisonment/punishment on so many levels!!!!!!.

Matt – the bill will likely pass. This is an election year in the state and this BS is the kind of stuff that people eat up like candy and makes for great sound bites.
You are right, that a “fee” is a punishment. If it passes, we can consider challenging it, but we’d have to weigh the likelihood of prevailing and whether this challenge is more valuable than another we could bring. For example; would a $150/year fine harm us more than registering our wives and children’s vehicles and subjecting them to harassment? Or requiring us to register every URL we communicate through.