I feel we can now say, "Who does NOT have Jessica's law" Fighting for Illinois has been non productive as it seems to be a "political" problem and we all know that is wrong! Yet, we have Democrats that refuse to acknowledge JML's law as being said, our (IL.) is tough enough and no, it is not! 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.

Stricter rules for sex offenders
Stricter rules for sex offenders Updated 7:35 AM By: Jessica Cervantez RALEIGH – A new law is now cracking down on sex offenders. Called "Jessica's Law," it was named after Jessica Lunsford, the 9-year-old Gastonia native who was kidnapped, raped and buried alive by a sex offender in Florida. Some North Carolinians have mixed feelings about the new law. Traci Pirri, a licensed clinical social worker, works with sex offenders and victims. And with 11,000 registered sex offenders in North Carolina, she's been keeping up with the new law. “I think there is positives and negatives to it. Obviously, the positive is that a lot of victims feel reassured that the laws are stricter," Pirri said. "I'm just not sure how the results are going to be, and if they're going to be effective in having offenders not have access to children.” Sex offenders are now required to stay 300 feet away from any place where children gather. Like Pirri, law enforcement officials say they are concerned about Jessica's Law being effective. “The malls and play spaces at McDonald's and things like that, I have a feeling it's going to give me a headache trying to figure out the intent behind that," Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison said. "Are they there to get a hamburger or are they there for something else?” But with the concern comes relief. Under the new rules, anyone required to register as a sex offender will only have three days to do so. Before, offenders had 10 to 15 days. “I like that part because we can keep up with them a lot better,” Harrison said. The law will require a minimum of 25 years in prison for all convicted child sex offenders. Offenders will also remain on a state registry for 30 years, instead of 10, and be banned from social networking sites on the Internet that allow minors to be members. Jessica Lunsford's family says the law is intended to protect North Carolina's youngest residents. “This is the first law that I know about that actually addresses penalties and getting them off the streets and really protecting the kids,” Susan Lunsford, Jessica’s Lunsford’s aunt, said. Governor Easley signed Jessica’s Law in July. There are only eight states in the country that have not passed a form of Jessica's Law. They include Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Vermont, Illinois, Colorado, Wyoming and Idaho. http://news14.com/content/local_news/sandhills/602000/stricter-rules-for-sex-offenders/Default.aspx