SD: Sex offender restriction bill dies
A South Dakota bill Republican Rep. Aaron Aylward said was designed to protect children from sex offenders in South Dakota was too broad, several members of the House Judiciary Committee said Wednesday.
Aylward’s bill House Bill 1167A was sent to its death on a 41st Day motion. His original bill was amended by removing the word “loitering,” which meant that any sex offender who entered a safety zone would be in violation.
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Those who voted against the bill said it went too far. “I can’t support this today,” committee member Republican Rebecca Reimer said. “I want to protect children,” Reimer said. But, “when I asked if a (sex offender) would get in trouble conducting everyday business (the response from Aylward was yes).”
Reimer had asked Aylward if a sex offender would be in violation walking on a sidewalk or walking into a library to do business. “I do believe it would prevent them from doing that,” Aylward said. Yet, he said, that isn’t the intent of the law. Aylward also said he was willing to make changes because “I hope we can do something to have some sort of fix.”
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Lived in Brevard county and had to move due to their proximity law. An SO would be in violation for nearly every thing one has to do to live.
See, they are taking things too far which is already way too far to begin with.
Why not try to make them prove we are as dangerous as they falsely and mythically promote and maybe that would take all the wind out of their sails when they try to make these laws.
Wish we could use Alyward’s own words as evidence that the laws are continued punishment.