Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00682 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/24/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 682
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1945
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. HARP, 10th Dist. REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 682 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1945

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

SEN. HARP, 10th Dist.

REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to (1) allow individuals required to register as sexual offenders with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to appeal such registration requirement, and (2) prohibit parole officers from registering parolees as sexual offenders unless specifically authorized to do so by the Board of Pardons and Parole.

Statement of Purpose: 

To allow individuals to appeal the requirement to register as a sexual offender and prohibit a parolee from being involuntarily registered as a sexual offender by a parole officer.