09RS Senate Bill 57

Senate Bill 57

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Last Action	to Judiciary (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Bill Documents	Bill
Impact Statements	Corrections Impact Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	968
Sponsor	R. Jones II
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 510.155, relating to using a communications system to procure a minor to engage in sexual offenses, to add to the definition of "minor" "any individual the person has reason to believe is a minor"; amend KRS 508.130 to include in the definitions used for Kentucky's stalking offenses stalking activity that is done electronically; amend KRS 531.010 and 531.300 to include live images transmitted over the Internet within material subject to the standards of Kentucky's obscenity laws; amend KRS 17.500 to create definitions for "electronic identity or online membership information" and "substantial change in appearance" and amend the definition of "registrant information" to require registrants on the sex offender registry to disclose more information; amend KRS 17.510 to require a new photograph of registrant if there is a substantial change in appearance; create provisions governing when a registrant changes or creates an electronic identity or online membership; amend KRS 17.580 to modify the registration, display, and searchability of sex offender electronic identities and online membership information; require cabinet to promulgate regulations to classify registrants and assign color schemes for each classification to display on the sex offender registry Web site; require the Web site to display a registrant's classification, the associated color scheme, and whether the registrant is subject to GPS monitoring; create a new section of KRS Chapter 525 to prohibit cyber-harassment and provide a penalty; create a new section of KRS 439.250 to 439.560 to require lifetime registrants on probation or parole to be subject to GPS monitoring; require Department of Corrections to promulgate regulations regarding GPS and create penalty for registrant's failure to comply; require registrants to pay for the monitoring and create a penalty for tampering with GPS equipment; create a new section of KRS Chapter 500 to provide for the forfeiture of personal property used in the commission of certain delineated offenses; amend various other sections to conform; require a study by the Interim Joint Committee on the Judiciary on the implementation of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 in Kentucky.
Index Headings of Original Version	Children and Minors - Sexual exploitation of minors, forfeiture of property Children and Minors - Sex offenses, crimes relating to Courts - GPS monitoring for lifetime registrants during probation or parole, requirement for Crime Victims - Sex offenses, crimes relating to Crimes and Punishments - Sex offender registrants, requirements and prohibitions relating to Crimes and Punishments - Sex offenses, crimes relating to Crimes and Punishments - Sexual exploitation of minors, forfeiture of property Crimes and Punishments - Electronic communications, use in stalking or harassment Crimes and Punishments - GPS monitoring for lifetime registrants during probation or parole, requirement for Criminal Procedure - Sexual exploitation of minors, forfeiture of property Criminal Procedure - GPS monitoring for lifetime registrants during probation or parole, requirement for Information Technology - Electronic communications, use in stalking or harassment Obscenity and Pornography - Sexual exploitation of minors, forfeiture of property Corrections Impact - GPS monitoring for lifetime registrants during probation or parole, requirement for Probation and Parole - GPS monitoring for lifetime registrants during probation or parole, requirement for Studies Directed - Implementation of Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act Police, State - Sex offender registry, requirements for Web site

02/03/09	introduced in Senate
02/04/09	to Judiciary (S)