THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
826 |
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO SEX OFFENDERS.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 846E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§846E- Sex offenders;
residential restrictions. (a) It shall be unlawful for any sex offender for whom
registration under section 846E-2 is required to, upon release or conviction, reside,
permanently or temporarily, within two thousand feet of the property in which the
sex offender's victim or the victim's immediate family member resides.
(b) A victim or the victim's immediate family member's
change in address to a property located within two thousand feet of a registered
address of the sex offender after the date of the offender's established residency
at that address shall not form the basis for a finding that the sex offender is
in violation of this section unless the sex offender is convicted of a new covered
offense after establishing residency.
(c) Prior to a change in address, a sex offender shall
obtain approval for the proposed change in address from the attorney general.
(d) The attorney general
shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to afford sex offenders a reasonable opportunity
to obtain preapproval for a proposed change in address.
(e) For the purposes of
this section:
"Immediate family member"
includes the victim's spouse, child, parent, and grandparent.
"Within two thousand feet"
means the distance of the radius from the center of the property on which the victim
or victim's immediate family member lives."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Sex Offender; Residential Restriction; Former Victim
Description:
Prohibits a sex offender from residing within two thousand feet of the sex offender's former victim or the victim's immediate family members. Requires the sex offender to receive approval from the Attorney General prior to a change in address. (SD1)
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