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Sen. Johnson leads bi-partisan push to monitor online predators |
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Thursday, 08 March 2007 |
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Sen. Steve Johnson, R-Fort Collins, and Rep. Spencer Swalm, R-Centennial, are leading a bi-partisan team of lawmakers in an attempt to track online predators. Earlier this year, capital observers were stunned when the House Judiciary Committee voted to kill House Bill 1127 by Swalm, which would have required registered sex offenders to disclose their e-mail addresses, IM identities, and chat room identities prior to using those identities and addresses. The intent of the legislation was to be able to track the online activities of known sexual predators. Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee killed the bill on a strict party-line vote.
Swalm has come back with a bi-partisan coalition, including respected Senate GOP veteran Johnson, to pass a new version of the bill. House Bill 1326 will impose those same disclosure requirements on sex offenders with a history of preying on chidlren. Read the full text of the bill here.
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Sen. Johnson represents Senate District 15, including Wellington, Estes Park, Berthoud, Loveland, and all of Larimer County outside of Fort Collins.
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