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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | May 6, 2024 08:58 AM |
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| From: | Representative Jason Ortitay |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Require Megan’s Law registrants to pay for the costs of the registry |
| Under the Commonwealth’s version of Megan’s Law, sex offenders are required to register with the Commonwealth and provide periodic updates and filings. This information is used to prepare a publicly available Internet website, which helps protect the public when these offenders are released from prison. The most recent data available shows more than 45,000 sex offenders are registered. Costs of administering Megan’s Law, including the management and maintenance of the website, are borne by the Commonwealth taxpayers and federal grants. Under my legislation, sex offenders who are required to register under Megan’s Law would be required to pay an annual fee to offset the taxpayers’ costs. The revenue from the fee would be set aside to pay for the costs incurred in maintaining the website and administering Megan’s Law. Please join me as a co-sponsor of legislation to require those individuals who are required to register as sex offenders to bear the costs associated with Megan’s Law. |
Introduced as HB2409