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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1449 By: Garvin
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to juvenile sex offenders; amending
66	66	10A O.S. 2021, Sections 2-8-104 and 2-8-108, which
67	67	relate to juvenile and adult sex offender registries;
68	68	requiring inclusion of certain juveniles on juvenile
69	69	sex offender registry; modifying requirements of
70	70	certain evaluation; authorizing court to remove
71	71	registration of juvenile after cer tain evaluation;
72	72	authorizing victim or representati ve to petition for
73	73	transfer of person from juvenile to adult sex
74	74	offender registry; increasing allowable time period
75	75	for filing of certain petition; modifying
76	76	requirements for removal from certain re gistry;
77	77	updating statutory language and reference; and
78	78	providing an effective date .
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83	83	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
84	84	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10A O.S. 2021, Section 2 -8-104, is
85	85	amended to read as follows:
86	86	Section 2-8-104. A. When a person meets the definition of a
87	87	juvenile sex offender pursuant to Section 2 -8-102 of this title, the
88	88	district attorney may make an application to shall include the
89	89	juvenile in the juvenile sex offender registry. Upon the
90	90	application of inclusion of the juvenile on the juvenile sex
91	91	offender registry by the district attorney , the court shall appoint
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143	143	two persons who are qualified sex offender treatment profess ionals
144	144	to evaluate the juvenile and report to the court on the treatment
145	145	prognosis and likelihood that the juvenil e offender represents an
146	146	ongoing serious or aggressive thre at to the public or children under
147	147	sixteen (16) years of age . One appointee shall be currently
148	148	licensed as a physician or psychologist in Oklahoma this state with
149	149	a minimum of two hundred (200) hours of cl inical experience in
150	150	juvenile sex offender treatment. Other criteria for qualifying as a
151	151	sex offender treatment professional shall include, but not be
152	152	limited to, current licensure as a medical or mental h ealth
153	153	professional with a minimum of two hundred ( 200) hours of clinical
154	154	experience in juvenile sex offender tr eatment, or current licensure
155	155	as a medical or mental health professional with a min imum of two (2)
156	156	years’ combined clinical experience in child a buse treatment, child
157	157	or adolescent anger manageme nt treatment, juvenile delinquency or
158	158	criminal behavior treat ment, sexual abuse treatment, child or
159	159	adolescent psychology, or therapeutic social work. A list of sex
160	160	offender treatment professionals meeting the established crite ria
161	161	shall be provided to eac h district court by the Office of Juvenile
162	162	Affairs. Where professionals are appointed to conduct an evaluation
163	163	in such cases, the court may set reasonable compensation and order
164	164	the payment out of the cour t fund. In the event two qualified sex
165	165	offender treatment professionals are not available to the court to
166	166	evaluate the juvenile sex offender, the Office of Juvenile Affairs
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218	218	may, at the court’s request, select additional qualified sex
219	219	offender treatment pr ofessionals employed b y the agency to assist
220	220	with the evaluation report.
221	221	B. The court shall, after considerati on of the evaluation
222	222	report required by subsection A of this section, make a findin g of
223	223	whether the juvenile offender represents an ongoing serio us or
224	224	aggressive threat to the public or children under sixteen (16) years
225	225	of age. If the court finds the juve nile represents does not
226	226	represent such threat, the court shall order the juvenile to
227	227	register be removed from registration on the juvenile sex o ffender
228	228	registry as provided in this act the Juvenile Sex Offender
229	229	Registration Act.
230	230	C. The court, in its discretion, may order information on any
231	231	juvenile sex offender released from the juvenile sex o ffender
232	232	registry to any person or t o the public at large when the evaluation
233	233	report considered by the co urt indicates a likelihood of an ongoing
234	234	serious or aggressive threat to the public or children under sixteen
235	235	(16) years of age. If the court orders re lease of this information
236	236	to the public at large, it shall promptly be made available for
237	237	public inspection or copying pursuant to rules promulgated by the
238	238	Office of Juvenile Affairs. If the court orders the release of this
239	239	information through community n otification, the notification shall
240	240	be carried out by the local law enforcement authority applicable to
241	241	the person’s residence.
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293	293	D. The court may rev iew the treatment prognosis of any
294	294	registered juvenile sex offender at any time and may, in its
295	295	discretion, order release of additional inform ation from the
296	296	juvenile sex offender registry, as deemed appropriate for the
297	297	protection of the public.
298	298	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 10A O.S. 2021, Section 2 -8-108, is
299	299	amended to read as follows:
300	300	Section 2-8-108. When a registered juvenile sex offender
301	301	reaches twenty-one (21) years of age or is otherwise released from
302	302	the custody of the Office of Ju venile Affairs, the district
303	303	attorney, the victim or representative of the victim may petition
304	304	the court to transfer the person ’s registration to the adult sex
305	305	offender registry maintained by the Department of C orrections,
306	306	subject to the provisions of Sect ion 581 et seq. of Title 57 of the
307	307	Oklahoma Statutes. After notice, if the court determines at a
308	308	hearing that the person who is registered on the juvenile sex
309	309	offender registry is likely to or does pose an ongo ing serious or
310	310	aggressive threat to the publi c or children under sixteen (16) years
311	311	of age, the court shall order that the delinquent act be deemed an
312	312	adult criminal conviction for the purpose of registrati on,
313	313	notification, and public information access pu rsuant to Section 581
314	314	et seq. of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes. If no petition is
315	315	filed within ninety (90) one hundred eighty (180) days following the
316	316	twenty-first birthday of the person or the date of release from
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368	368	custody, or if the court determines the person is not likely to or
369	369	does not pose an ongoing serious or aggressive threat to the public
370	370	or children under sixteen (16) year s of age, the juvenile’s name and
371	371	information shall be deleted from the juvenile sex offender
372	372	registry, and the person may not be included in the adult sex
373	373	offender registry.
374	374	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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