Researcher: RP Page 1 5/18/23
OLR Bill Analysis
sSB 969 (File 376, as amended by Senate “A”)*
AN ACT CONCERNING VERIFICATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL
ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER.
SUMMARY
By law, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection
generally must verify each registered sex offender’s residential address
every 90 days after his or her initial registration by mailing a verification
form to his or her last reported address. This bill allows registrants to
return the form by fax or email, in addition to by mail as current law
allows. As under current law, they must return the form within 10 days
after the date it was mailed to them.
The bill also requires local police departments or the state police
troop in whose jurisdiction the registrant resides to verify a registrant’s
residential address in person every 90 days if he or she resides at an
address where there is no residential mail delivery.
The bill also makes technical changes.
*Senate Amendment “A” eliminates a provision in the underlying bill
that would have required in-person address verification by police for
registrants residing in a town where mail is delivered by a post office in
a different town.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2023
COMMITTEE ACTION
Public Safety and Security Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 25 Nay 0 (03/16/2023)