Dru's Law

Bill: 108-s-2154
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2004-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child sexual abuse
Civil commitment
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Directories
Electronic government information
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Internet
Parole
Probation
Public records
Rape
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex offenders
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: 
National Sex Offender Registry Act of 2004 - Directs the Attorney General to establish a national sex offender registry that: (1) makes publicly available, via the Internet, information about sexually violent predators and persons convicted of a sexually violent offense or a criminal offense against a minor; and (2) allows users to determine which registered sex offenders are currently residing within a specified area.
 
Requires States and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to submit to the Attorney General specified information regarding convicted persons who are required to register with a sexual offender registration program, including: (1) that person's name, address, date of birth, physical description, and photograph; (2) the nature and date of commission of the offense; and (3) the date on which that individual is released from prison or placed on parole, supervised release, or probation. 
 
Requires: (1) any State that provides for a civil commitment proceeding to notify the State attorney general of any impending release of a sexually violent predator or of anyone who has been deemed by the State to be at high-risk for recommitting specified sexual or violent offenses; (2) the State attorney general to consider whether or not to institute a civil commitment proceeding; and (3) each State to intensively monitor, for at least a year, any such person who has been unconditionally released by the State and who has not been civilly committed. 
 
Makes a State that fails to submit the required information or to implement Act requirements ineligible to receive 25 percent of funds that would otherwise be allocated to it under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.

action_date: 2004-11-19
text: 
Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Database Act of 2004 or Dru's Law - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) make publicly available in a registry via the Internet, from information contained in the National Sex Offender Registry, specified information about sexually violent predators and persons convicted of a sexually violent offense or a criminal offense against a minor, who are required to register with a minimally sufficient State sexual offender registration program; and (2) allow registry users to identity offenders who are currently residing within a radius of the location indicated by the user. Requires registry information to include the offender's name, address, date of birth, physical description, and photograph, the nature and date of commission of the offense, and the date on which the person is released from prison or placed on parole, supervised release, or probation
 
Requires: (1) any State that provides for a civil commitment proceeding to notify the State attorney general of the impending release of a sexually violent predator or a person has been deemed to be at high-risk for recommitting any sexually violent offense or criminal offense against a minor; (2) the State attorney general to consider instituting a civil commitment proceeding; and (3) each State to intensively monitor, for at least a year, any such person who has been unconditionally released by the State and who has not been civilly committed.
 
Makes a State that fails to implement Act requirements ineligible to receive 25 percent of funds that would otherwise be allocated to it under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-11-20
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2004-11-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 11/20/2004 S11662-11663)
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3255-3256)
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2001-2002)
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2001)
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate