Maine lawmakers kill sex offender mapping bill
AUGUSTA -- A bill to require a map on the sex offender registry died in
committee May 15, but it could come back as part of federal law. The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee killed several sex offender
registry bills with the intention of revisiting the issue next year after a
commission has time to further study the issue.The mapping bill, sponsored by Rep. Kim Silsby, D-Augusta, would have
required the state to post a map online showing where convicted sex offenders
live. But a similar requirement might be part of a federal law, so the committee
voted unanimously to kill the bill.
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