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5	5		By Representative Underwood
6	6		RFD: Judiciary
7	7		First Read: 04-Feb-25
8	8		PFD: 19-Aug-24
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	14	+	6 33RPVVV-1 07/31/2024 CNB (L)bm 2024-2265
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	17	+	SYNOPSIS:
	18	+	Under existing law, sex offenders have
	19	+	restrictions regarding where they may be employed or
	20	+	volunteer.
	21	+	This bill would prohibit sex offenders from
	22	+	being employed or volunteering as a first responder.
	23	+	This bill would also provide for limited
	24	+	liability in certain circumstances.
17	25		A BILL
18	26		TO BE ENTITLED
19	27		AN ACT
20	28		Relating to sex offenders; to amend Sections 15-20A-13
21	29		and 15-20A-31, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit sex offenders
22		-	from being employed or volunteering as a first responder.
	30	+	from being employed or volunteering as a first responder; and
	31	+	to limit liability in certain circumstances.
23	32		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
24	33		Section 1. Sections 15-20A-13 and 15-20A-31, Code of
25	34		Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows:
26	35		"§15-20A-13
27	36		(a) No adult sex offender shall accept or maintain
28	37		employment or a volunteer position at any school, childcare
29	38		facility, mobile vending business that provides services
30		-	primarily to children, or any other business or organization
31		-	that provides services primarily to children, or any amusement
32		-	or water park.
33		-	(b) No adult sex offender shall accept or maintain
34		-	employment or a volunteer position within 2,000 feet of the
35		-	property on which a school or childcare facility is located
36		-	unless otherwise exempted pursuant to Sections 15-20A-24 and
37		-	15-20A-25.
38		-	(c) No adult sex offender, after having been convicted
39		-	of a sex offense involving a child, shall accept or maintain
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	68	+	facility, mobile vending business that provides services
	69	+	primarily to children, or any other business or organization
	70	+	that provides services primarily to children, or any amusement
	71	+	or water park.
	72	+	(b) No adult sex offender shall accept or maintain
	73	+	employment or a volunteer position within 2,000 feet of the
	74	+	property on which a school or childcare facility is located
	75	+	unless otherwise exempted pursuant to Sections 15-20A-24 and
	76	+	15-20A-25.
	77	+	(c) No adult sex offender, after having been convicted
69	78		of a sex offense involving a child, shall accept or maintain
70	79		employment or a volunteer position within 500 feet of a
71	80		playground, park, athletic field or facility, or any other
72	81		business or facility having a principal purpose of caring for,
73	82		educating, or entertaining minors.
74	83		(d) Changes to property within 2,000 feet of an adult
75	84		sex offender's place of employment which occur after an adult
76	85		sex offender accepts employment shall not form the basis for
77	86		finding that an adult sex offender is in violation of this
78	87		section.
79	88		(e) It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of
80	89		any childcare facility or any other organization that provides
81	90		services primarily to children to knowingly provide employment
82	91		or a volunteer position to an adult sex offender.
83	92		(f) For the purposes of this section, the 2,000-foot
84	93		measurement shall be taken in a straight line from nearest
85	94		property line to nearest property line.
86	95		(g)(1) No adult sex offender shall accept or maintain
87	96		employment or a volunteer position as a first responder.
88		-	(2) For the purposes of this section, a "first
89		-	responder" means a paramedic, firefighter, rescue squad
90		-	member, emergency medical technician, or other individual who,
91		-	in the course of his or her professional duties, responds to
92		-	fire, medical, hazardous material, or other similar
93		-	emergencies, whether compensated or not.
94		-	(g)(h) Any person who knowingly violates this section
95		-	shall be guilty of a Class C felony."
96		-	"§15-20A-31
97		-	(a) During the time a juvenile sex offender is subject
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	126	+	employment or a volunteer position as a first responder.
	127	+	(2) For the purposes of this section, a "first
	128	+	responder" means a paramedic, firefighter, rescue squad
	129	+	member, emergency medical technician, or other individual who,
	130	+	in the course of his or her professional duties, responds to
	131	+	fire, medical, hazardous material, or other similar
	132	+	emergencies, whether compensated or not.
	133	+	(3) The prohibition in this subsection does not create
	134	+	liability for any employer or volunteer organization of first
	135	+	responders.
	136	+	(g)(h) Any person who knowingly violates this section
	137	+	shall be guilty of a Class C felony."
	138	+	"§15-20A-31
127	139		(a) During the time a juvenile sex offender is subject
128	140		to the registration requirements of this chapter, the juvenile
129	141		sex offender shall not accept or maintain employment or a
130	142		volunteer position at any school, childcare facility, or any
131	143		other business or organization that provides services
132	144		primarily to children.
133	145		(b) It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of
134	146		any childcare facility or any other organization that provides
135	147		services primarily to children to knowingly provide employment
136	148		or a volunteer position to a juvenile sex offender.
137	149		(c)(1) No juvenile sex offender shall accept or
138	150		maintain employment or a volunteer position as a first
139	151		responder.
140	152		(2) For the purposes of this section, a "first
141	153		responder" means a paramedic, firefighter, rescue squad
142	154		member, emergency medical technician, or other individual who,
143		-	in the course of his or her professional duties, responds to
144		-	fire, medical, hazardous material, or other similar
145		-	emergencies, whether compensated or not.
146		-	(c)(d) Any person who knowingly violates this section
147		-	shall be guilty of a Class C felony."
148		-	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
149		-	1, 2025.
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173		-	1, 2025.
174		-	House of Representatives
175		-	Read for the first time and referred
176		-	to the House of Representatives
177		-	committee on Judiciary
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179		-	Read for the second time and placed
180		-	on the calendar:
181		-	0 amendments
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183		-	Read for the third time and passed
184		-	as amended
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186		-	Yeas 103
187		-	Nays 0
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	184	+	member, emergency medical technician, or other individual who,
	185	+	in the course of his or her professional duties, responds to
	186	+	fire, medical, hazardous material, or other similar
	187	+	emergencies, whether compensated or not.
	188	+	(3) The prohibition in this subsection does not create
	189	+	liability for any employer or volunteer organization of first
	190	+	responders.
	191	+	(c)(d) Any person who knowingly violates this section
	192	+	shall be guilty of a Class C felony."
	193	+	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
	194	+	1, 2025.
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