AB947,1,5 1An Act to renumber and amend 980.08 (4) (dm) 1. (intro.), 980.08 (4) (dm) 1.
2a., b. and c. and 980.08 (4) (dm) 3.; to amend 980.08 (6m); and to create 301.48
3(3) (e), 980.08 (4) (dm) 1c. and 1e., 980.08 (4) (dm) 3. b., 980.08 (6p) (b), (c), (d)
4and (e), 980.08 (5) and 980.08 (6r) of the statutes; relating to: placement of
5sexually violent persons on supervised release.

Under current law, a person who has been found to be a sexually violent person
may be involuntarily committed to the Department of Health Services for control,
care, and treatment. If a person is committed and placed in institutional care, the
person may periodically petition the court for supervised release. If a court
determines that supervised release is appropriate, the court must order the person's
county of residence to prepare a report that identifies one appropriate residence for
the person. Under this bill, the county must notify all state senators and assembly
members, as well as mayors, who represent districts in which the person may be
placed. Additionally, while preparing the report, this bill requires the county to hold
a public hearing and provide notice of the hearing to persons who reside in areas in
which the person may be placed and to local elected officials, including school board
members, who represent areas in which the person may be placed. If an attendee
objects to a proposed residence or area, the committee must review the objection. The
bill also prohibits using a residence that is adjacent to or shares an aldermanic
district with another residence of a person on supervised release or using the same

residence for housing persons on supervised release for a total of more than three
years.

Under current law, once the court approves a residence as part of a supervised
release plan, the court must notify law enforcement agencies that a person will be
placed on supervised release. The bill requires the law enforcement agencies to, at
least ten working days before the person is placed, mail notification of the placement
to community members. The community members entitled to receive notification
under the bill are based on the assessment by the law enforcement agency of what
best protects the public. Also, under the bill, at least five days before the person is
placed, DHS must hold a public hearing in the neighborhood of placement. A
representative from DHS and a representative from the Department of Corrections
must attend the meeting to answer questions.