HB993: Sexual offenders; prohibiting proximity to children and others.

Chief Patron

Del. Steve Shannon (D-35)

Status

Bill is Dead

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Summary

Offenses prohibiting proximity to children and others; penalty.  Provides that when a person is of an convicted of an offense requiring registration under § 9.1-902, he shall likewise be prohibited from loitering near children. The bill also requires that when a judge sentences a person upon conviction of an offense requiring registration under § 9.1-902 he shall, as a condition of probation, parole, or deferment or suspension of sentence, impose upon the defendant reasonable employment or occupational prohibitions and restrictions designed to protect the class or classes of persons containing the likely victims of further offenses by the defendant. The bill further requires that when a judge sentences a person convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children he shall, as a condition of probation, or deferment or suspension of sentence, impose upon the defendant restrictions on the defendant's residency in the proximity of a private or public elementary or high school, child day center, church, or park. This bill was incorporated by House Bill 984.   View Full Text »