SUMMARY

This bill makes several changes to the sex offender registration and notification laws. Specifically, the bill does the following.

1. It expands the definition of "sex offense" to include 2 crimes regarding sexual exploitation of minors. The crimes of dissemination of sexually explicit materials and possession of sexually explicit materials are added to the definition of "sex offense."

2. It repeals a provision of law that requires the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification to maintain a directory of sexually violent predators. This provision is redundant, since the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-A, section 11221, subsection 1 requires the bureau to maintain a registry of all persons required to register under the chapter.

3. It clarifies the process for distribution of sex offender and sexually violent predator registration information to the Department of Corrections and law enforcement agencies and clarifies what access to that information the public and sex offenders or sexually violent predators have.

4. It clarifies that a sex offender or sexually violent predator shall notify the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification in writing when that person's place of employment or college or school changes, as a sex offender or sexually violent predator is required to do for a change in domicile.

5. Since every state does not use the terms "sex offender" and "sexually violent predator," this bill specifies that a person required under another jurisdiction to register pursuant to that jurisdiction's registration statute shall register in