To date, 33 states have enacted some form of Jessica’s Law into law.
They include the following:

1.                  Alabama:  Passed the Community Notification Act

2.                  Alaska:  Passed Senate Bills 218 and 303

3.                  Arkansas:  Passed the Child Protection Act

4.                  Arizona:  Passed 13-1423 and 13-604.01

5.                  California:  Passed Proposition 83

6.                  Connecticut:  Passed Senate Bill 1458* (25-year mandatory sentencing, Gov. Rell signed into law 7/31/07)

7.                  Delaware:  Passed Jessica’s Law (House Bill 404)

8.                  Florida:  Passed Jessica’s Law

9.                  Georgia:  Passed House Bill 1059

10.              Indiana:  Passed Senate Bill 0012 and House Bill 1155

11.              Kansas:  Passed House Bill 2567

12.              Louisiana:  Passed Senate Bills 164, 612-2006 (Act 663), 2 (Act 103), House Bill 80 (Act 24), House Bill 561 (Act 36)

13.              Maryland:  Passed House Bill 2* (2006), amended law by passing House Bill 930, Senate Bill 413 (March 2007, Gov. O’Malley signed into law 5/1707)

14.              Michigan:  Passed Jessica’s Law, House Bills 5421-22, 5531, and 5532

15.              Missouri:  Passed Jessica’s Law

16.              Montana:  Passed Senate Bill 547 (Gov. Schweitzer signed into law 5/11/07)

17.              Nebraska:  Passed Legislative Bill 1199

18.              Nevada:  Passed Senate Bill 341 (NRS 179B.250)

19.              New Hampshire:  Passed House Bill 1692-FN

20.              North Carolina:  Passed House Bill 1896* (legislation pending for 2008)

21.              North Dakota:  Passed House Bills 1216 & 1217, Senate Bill 2029 (Gov. Hoever signed into law 4/24/07)

22.              Ohio:  Passed Senate Bill 260

23.              Oklahoma:  Passed Senate Bill 631

24.              Oregon:  Passed House Bill 3511

25.              Pennsylvania:  Passed Senate Bill 944

26.              Rhode Island:  Passed the Jessica Lunsford Act

27.              South Carolina:  Passed Jessica’s Law*

28.              Tennessee:  Passed Jessica’s Law

29.              Texas:  Passed Jessica’s Law (House Bill 8)

30.              Virginia:  Passed House Bill 486

31.              Washington:  Passed House Bill 3277*

32.              West Virginia:  Passed The Child Protection Act of 2006

33.              Wisconsin:  Passed Jessica’s Law (AB 784 and 591)

 

 

* Have enacted provisions of Jessica’s Law, but not the law in its entirety. 

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