This bill:

• defines terms;
• requires local law enforcement agencies to have specific responsibilities for certain sex offenders;
• revises definitions concerning a residence for purposes of the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry (registry);
• requires the Department of Public Safety (department) to:
  • create a monitoring program for sex offenders who are unable to provide a required residential address to the registry;
  • delegate monitoring oversight responsibility to a local law enforcement agency or to the Division of Adult Probation and Parole;
  • establish a process for a local law enforcement agency or the Division of Adult Probation and Parole to be notified of the need for an arrest warrant for certain sex offenders; and
  • develop and provide an online training program for certain individuals who work with sex offenders;
• requires specific entities to coordinate with the department regarding the monitoring of, or seeking an arrest warrant for, certain sex offenders;
• requires a sex offender to comply with the monitoring program;
• creates criminal penalties for a sex offender's failure to comply with the monitoring program;
• requires a court to consider and, if the court finds probable cause, issue an arrest warrant for certain sex offenders;
• requires the Division of Adult Probation and Parole to have specific responsibilities for certain sex offenders;
• provides a presumption for the issuance of an arrest warrant in lieu of a summons for certain sex offenders; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.