Archive for April 7th, 2006
Tougher sex offender Bills await governor’s signature
April 7th, 2006
Reprinted courtesy of The Benton Courier
LITTLE ROCK – Convicted sex offenders will face tougher sentences and stricter monitoring under two bills passed by the Legislature in a special session this week.
The bills, sponsored by Rep. Dawn Creekmore, D-East End, received final approval Thursday and await Gov. Mike Huckabee’s signature.
One bill would allow the state to use Global Positioning System devices to track sex offenders. Under the measure, doctors or anyone with the authority to prescribe medicine would be able to consult crime databases to determine if the patient is a sex offender before prescribing a drug for erectile dysfunction.
The legislation also requires sex offenders to re-register with police every six months and to update their personal information. The most violent sex offenders would be tracked by GPS devices for at least 10 years.
Creekmore has introduced two measures modeled after a Florida law passed last year and named to memorialize the death of a 9-year-old girl by a registered sex offender.
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