Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration of juveniles, etc. (HB523)

Introduced By

Del. Dave Albo (R-Springfield)

Progress

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

Description

Registration of juveniles; petition for removal from registry. Requires juveniles adjudicated delinquent of rape, forcible sodomy, or object sexual penetration to register on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. The bill also provides a procedure for removal of the name of a person who was adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile from the Registry. Read the Bill »

Status

02/17/2014: Failed to Pass in Committee

History

DateAction
01/06/2014Committee
01/06/2014Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101693D
01/06/2014Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/07/2014Impact statement from VCSC (HB523)
01/24/2014Impact statement from DPB (HB523)
01/30/2014Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
01/31/2014Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N)
01/31/2014Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
02/03/2014Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (20-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2014Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/05/2014Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/07/2014Read first time
02/10/2014Read second time
02/10/2014Committee amendment agreed to
02/10/2014Engrossed by House as amended HB523E
02/10/2014Printed as engrossed 14101693D-E
02/10/2014Impact statement from VCSC (HB523E)
02/11/2014Read third time and passed House (85-Y 12-N)
02/11/2014VOTE: PASSAGE (85-Y 12-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2014Constitutional reading dispensed
02/12/2014Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/13/2014Impact statement from DPB (HB523E)
02/17/2014Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 3 minutes.

Comments

Mary Devoy writes:

Today in Virginia we do register juveniles but it’s left in the hands of the judges that the Virginia lawmakers appoint to the bench. The judges have all the evidence of the individual case in front of them to determine if registration is appropriate for each specific juvenile.

This mandate will take that very important decision out of the courtroom where it should remain

May 2013: Raised on the Registry: The Irreparable Harm of Placing Children on Sex Offender Registries in the US by Nicole Pittman with Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/node/115179 and the USA Today article on the report.

Books:

• Sexual Offenses and Offenders: Theory, Practice, and Policy by Karen J. Terry, 2013
• Understanding, Assessing and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders by Phil Rich, 2011
• Age of Consent (At Issue Series) by Olivia Ferguson and Hayley Mitchell Haugen, 2010
• Juvenile Sexual Offending: Causes, Consequences, and Correction by Gail Ryan, Tom F. Leversee and Sandy Lane, 2010
• The Guilt Project: Rape, Morality and Law by Vanessa Place, 2010
• The Perversion of Youth: Controversies in the Assessment and Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders by Frank DiCataldo, 2009
• An American Travesty: Legal Responses to Adolescent Sexual Offending by Franklin E. Zimring, 2009
• Sex Offenders: Identification, Risk Assessment, Treatment, and Legal Issues by Fabian M. Saleh, Albert J. Grudzinskas, John M. Bradford & Daniel J. Brodsky, 2009
• The Juvenile Sex Offender by Howard E. Barbaree and William L. Marshall, 2008
• Juvenile Sex Offenders: What the Public Needs to Know by Camille Gibson and Donna M. Vandiver, 2008

Reports/Studies:

• Sex Offender Registry Platform: The National Juvenile Justice Network, July 2012
• Romeo and Juliet: The 21st Century Juvenile Sex Offenders by Chauntelle R. Wood, March 2012
• The Case for Modifying Juvenile Sex Offender Registry Requirements in Delaware, by Stand Up for What’s Right and Just, 2011
• Adolescent Sexual Behavior and the Law by Brittany Logino Smith & Glen A. Kercher, March 2011
• Sex Offender Registration and the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Legal and Policy Implications of Registering Juvenile Sex Offenders by Carole Petersen & Susan Chandler, 2011
• Do Sex Offender Registration and Notification Requirements Deter Juvenile Sex Crimes? By Medical University of South Carolina, May 2010
• Net-widening in Delaware: The Overuse of Registration and Residential Treatment for Youth Who Commit Sex Offenses, by Chrysanthi S. Leon, David L. Burton & Dana Alvare, February 2010
• Youth Sex Offenses Fact and Fiction by Justice Policy Institute, February 2009
• Effects of Sex Offender Registration Policies on Juvenile Justice Decision Making by Elizabeth J. Letourneau, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Debajyoti Sinha & Kevin Armstrong, January 2009
• Resolution in Opposition of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act as it Applies to Juvenile Offenders, by The Council of State Governments, December 2008
• Justice Served? The High Cost of Juvenile Sex Offender Registration by Phoebe Geer, 2008
• No Easy Answers: Sex Offender Laws in the U.S Human Rights Watch Study, September 2007
• What Research Shows About Adolescent Sex Offenders: NationalCenter on Sexual Behavior of Youth, by Mark Chaffin, Barbara Bonner and Keri Pierce, July 2003
• Coming of Age in America: The Misapplication of Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Laws to Juveniles by Elizabeth Garfinkle, January 2003

All conclude juveniles should NOT be required to register as Sex Offenders, that madating it does more harm than good.

HB523 one-size does NOT fit all. Each case must be considered on its own merits and if registration is decided by those involved, then it will be done as it has been done for the last 15+ years.

A blanket mandate benefits no one but it harms everyone.

No to HB523!