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This page contains bills sponsored by incumbent Senators who are running for re-election in 2008, plus House incumbents running for Senate in 2008.
Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on. These bills are selected as the "signature issue" that each legislator focused on.
Megan's Law - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to require the release of relevant information to protect the public from sexually violent offenders:- require (current law authorizes) State and local law enforcement agencies to release relevant information that is necessary to protect the public concerning persons required to register under the Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act; and
- provide that any information collected under such a program may be disclosed for any purpose permitted under the laws of the State.
- Legislative Outcome: Became Public Law No: 104-145
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 9.
- Topic: Crime
- Headline: Megan's Law: public list of sexually violent offenders
(Score: 1)
- Headline 2: Megan's Law: public list of sexually violent offenders
(Score: 2)
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
Independents
participating in 95-H2137 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
3
Republicans:
23
Independents:
0 |
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