Existing law, the Sex Offender Registration Act, requires persons convicted of specified sex offenses, or of attempts to commit those offenses, to register with local law enforcement agencies while residing in the state or while attending school or working in the state. Existing law, as amended by Proposition 83 of the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, prohibits a person who is required to register pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act from residing within 2,000 feet of any public or private school, or park where children regularly gather. Existing law authorizes a designated law enforcement entity to provide information to the public about a person required to register as a sex offender, by whatever means the entity deems appropriate, when necessary to ensure the public safety based upon information available to the entity, as specified.

This bill would require the State Department of Social Services to notify a child day care facility, as defined, when a person who is required to register pursuant to the act registers a new residence within 1,000 feet of the facility, if one or more of the victims of the offense for which the person is required to register was 14 years of age or younger at the time the crime was committed, except as specified. The bill would additionally require the State Department of Justice to work with the State Department of Social Services to develop a system for the Department of Justice to communicate to the State Department of Social Services when a person who is required to register pursuant to the act changes his or her address.