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Sex Offender Mandatory Registration Act of 2008

Introduced: February 19, 2008 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 17, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb 19, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 19, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sex Offender Mandatory Registration Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) apply registration requirements to sex offenders regardless of the date of their offense or the date of their travel in interstate commerce; and (2) make failure to register or update a sex offender registration a continuing offense for as long as such failure exists.

What's happening now March 17, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2632 Related bill Sex Offender Registration and Notification Retroactivity Correction Act of 2008
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 2
D
Costa, Jim
California · Mar 14, 2008
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Mar 13, 2008
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Mar 4, 2008
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Feb 19, 2008
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Feb 19, 2008
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Feb 19, 2008
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Feb 19, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5475: Sex Offender Mandatory Registration Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5475/
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"H.R. 5475: Sex Offender Mandatory Registration Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5475/.
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H.R. 5475, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5475/.
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