PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

H.B. 342

6.       Senate Bill 605 (page 24, lines 14-19) deletes the words "for a copy of a
registration statement" from existing § 792(d)(6)(ii), but makes no other changes. House
Bill 343 (page 10, lines 22-28) keeps that language, but amends the section to reflect that
requests go to the Department. House Bill 342 (page 6, lines 1-8) leaves the provision as
it appears in existing law.

7.       Senate Bill 605 (page 24, lines 24 to page 25, line 10) amends existing
subsection (b)(1) and (2) to alter the time in which a supervising authority is to send
notice to a local law enforcement agency to within five days of obtaining the registration
statement, requires that a copy of the registration statement itself be sent rather than a
notice, and deletes the language describing the notice. House Bill 343 (page 6, line 27 to
page 7, line 5) repeals these provisions altogether. House Bill 342 (page 2, lines 25-34)
leaves the provision as it appears now, but adds a provision requiring notice to the
Department as well.

8.       Senate Bill 605 (page 25, lines 1-10) requires the supervising authority to send
a copy of the registration statement to certain persons if they have made a request in
writing. House Bill 343 (page 7, lines 6-16) requires the Department to do the sending
and sets a time limit of five days from the Department's receipt of the statement.

9.       Senate Bill 605 (page 26, lines 1-11) amends current law concerning notice to
county superintendents of schools to specify that it is the registration of a child sexual
offenders, not other registrants, that is to be sent and limits the principals that are to
receive the notice to those the superintendent considers necessary. House Bill 343 (page
10, line 33 to page 11, line 8) makes the same changes, but adds "child sexual offender"
in a different part of the sentence. House Bill 342 (page 3, line 25 to page 4, line 2) does
not specify child sexual offenders, as that bill does not require other types of registration.
In addition, the bill would have originally moved the responsibility for this notice from the
local law enforcement agency to the Department, but in the process of amendment,
ended up deleting both.

10.     Senate Bill 605 (page 26, lines 12-21) provides that the Department and local
law enforcement agencies shall provide notice to a person or organization concerning
specific registrants if they determine such notice is necessary to protect the public
interest. House Bill 343 (page 11, lines 9-19) says the Department shall send such notice
and that the local law enforcement agencies may do so. House Bill 342 (page 4, lines 3-19)
provides that both shall give the notice, but leaves the determination of recipients to the
Department. In addition, as discussed above, House Bill 342 refers only to child sexual
offenders.

11.     Senate Bill 605 (page 26, lines 36-39) requires the Department to provide a
local law enforcement agency with the registration, fingerprints and photograph of a
registrant. This requirement has been deleted from House Bill 343 (page 11, lines 37-40).

12.     Senate Bill 605 (page 27, lines 23-29) and House Bill 343 (page 12, lines 25-31)
require the Department to give notice of a change in the residence of a registrant to the
local law enforcement agency, and if the new residence is in another state that has a
registration requirement, to the designated agency in that state. House Bill 342 (page 6,
lines 20-25) also shifts responsibility to the Department, but does not mention other
states.

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