THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2266
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

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 covered 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 covered 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 covered offender after the date of the offender's established residency at that address shall not form the basis for finding that the covered offender is in violation of this section unless the covered offender is convicted of a new covered offense after establishing residency.

(c) Prior to a change in address, a covered 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 covered offenders a reasonable opportunity to obtain preapproval for a proposed change in address.

(e) For the purposes of this section:

"Immediate family member" means 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 on August 26, 2050.

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 covered offender to receive approval from the Attorney General prior to a change in address. Takes effect 8/26/2050. (SD1)

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