HB552: Sex offender registry; removal of name and information.

Chief Patron

Morgan Griffith (R-8)
Salem, VA
Served: 1994–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

02/12/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee

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Summary

Removal of name and information from sex offender registry. Provides that any person required to register, other than a person who has been convicted of any (i) sexually violent offense, (ii) two or more offenses for which registration is required, (iii) a violation of former § 18.2-67.2:1, or (iv) murder, may petition the circuit court for removal of his name and all identifying information from the sex offender registry on or after July 1, 2008, whose offense requiring registration was committed before July 1, 1994 (inception of the registry). Currently such a person may not be on file for such removal earlier than 10 years after the date of initial registration.

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Video

Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 01/22/2008, 01/22/2008, 01/29/2008, 01/29/2008 and 02/12/2008.

Comments

Dave writes:

Virginia desperately needs to go to a risk-based system of assessing who needs to be on the list.

It is my understanding that Virginia, in its last round of legislation, went the way of other states, such as Oklahoma in reclassifying the majority of its sex offenders as violent, whether their crimes included actual violence (or sex, for that matter) or not.

All such offenders would be forever excluding from being removed from the registry, no matter how old the offense, or how strong the evidence of rehabilitation. That is wrong.

Posted 4 months ago. #

JW Morrison writes:

Given the provisions set forth, this is a good bill. It allows those who have not recidivated for over 14 years and who have not committed what are considered violent offenses to actually be part of society.

Posted 8 hours ago. #