City of Milwaukee - File #: 151657

• File #: 151657
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/1/2016
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/6/2017
• Effective date: 9/23/2017
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to residency restrictions for sex offenders.
• Sponsors: ALD. MURPHY, ALD. WITKOWSKI
• Indexes: SEX CRIMES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/22/2017	2	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
9/12/2017	2	MAYOR	RETURNED NOT SIGNED
9/6/2017	1	COMMON COUNCIL	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Ald. Murphy moved that the Common Council resolved itself into Committee of the Whole to hear new information from the City Attorney's Office. There were no objections. Appearing before the Council under Committee of the Whole: Nicholas DeSiato, Assistant City Attorney Elleny Christopoulos, Assistant City Attorney Ald. Murphy moved that the Common Council rise from Committee of the Whole. There were no objections. Ald. Murphy moved to hold the file until later part of the meeting. There were no objections. Ald. Coggs moved reconsideration of the file. There were no objections. The file was reconsidered after item 8, CCFN 170805. Ald. Coggs moved substitution of the file with Proposed Substitute B. (Prevailed 15-0)	Pass	15:0
9/6/2017	2	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	13:2
7/31/2017	1	COMMON COUNCIL	HELD IN COUNCIL	Pass	15:0
7/20/2017	0	PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Appearing: Nick DeSiato - ACA Adam Stephens - Deputy CA	Fail	2:3
7/20/2017	0	PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE	Pass	3:2
7/19/2017	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
3/1/2016	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
151657
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY AND WITKOWSKI
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to residency restrictions for sex offenders.
Sections
106-51 rc
Analysis
This ordinance:

1. Updates the city’s residency restrictions for sex offenders and makes other changes to coordinate with state law.

2. Narrows the city’s residency restrictions so that they apply only to sex offenders required to register under state law for offenses against children.

3. Narrows the city’s residency restrictions so that they apply only to sex offenders who were not domiciled in the city at the time of the offense resulting in the person's most recent conviction for committing the offense that is within the definition of a designated offender.

4. Repeals the residency buffer around protected land uses.

5. Repeals the requirement that a family member with whom the sex offender resides must have established a residence in the prohibited area at least 2 years prior to the sex offender establishing a residence at the location.

6. Creates an exception to residency restrictions for sexually violent offenders on supervised release due to the passage of 2015 Wisconsin Act 156, which establishes a 1,500-foot residency restriction under state law for persons on supervised release and makes other changes to the procedure for releasing certain violent sex offenders into the community.

7. Creates an exception to residency restrictions so that residency restrictions do not apply if the person’s most recent offense occurred more than 10 years ago and it has been at least 10 years since the person was incarcerated for the most recent offense that is within the definition of a designated offender.

8. Requires the Common Council to evaluate the effects of the ordinance one year after the ordinances takes effect.


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Whereas, A study by the U.S. Department of Justice has shown that when convicted sex offenders reenter society, they are much more...