Current with changes through the 2024 First Special Legislative Session
Section 29-4003 - Applicability of act(1)(a) The Sex Offender Registration Act applies to any person who on or after January 1, 1997: (i) Has ever pled guilty to, pled nolo contendere to, or been found guilty of any of the following: (A) Kidnapping of a minor pursuant to section 28-313, except when the person is the parent of the minor and was not convicted of any other offense in this section;(B) False imprisonment of a minor pursuant to section 28-314 or 28-315;(C) Sexual assault pursuant to section 28-319 or 28-320;(D) Sexual abuse by a school employee pursuant to section 28-316.01;(E) Sexual assault of a child in the second or third degree pursuant to section 28-320.01;(F) Sexual assault of a child in the first degree pursuant to section 28-319.01;(G) Sexual abuse of a vulnerable adult or senior adult pursuant to subdivision (1)(c) of section 28-386;(H) Incest of a minor pursuant to section 28-703;(I) Pandering of a minor pursuant to section 28-802;(J) Visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct of a child pursuant to section 28-1463.03 or subdivision (2)(b) or (c) of section 28-1463.05;(K) Knowingly possessing any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct which has a child as one of its participants or portrayed observers pursuant to subsection (1) or (4) of section 28-813.01;(L) Criminal child enticement pursuant to section 28-311;(M) Child enticement by means of an electronic communication device pursuant to section 28-320.02;(N) Debauching a minor pursuant to section 28-805; or(O) Attempt, solicitation, aiding or abetting, being an accessory, or conspiracy to commit an offense listed in subdivisions (1)(a)(i)(A) through (1)(a)(i)(N) of this section;(ii) Has ever pled guilty to, pled nolo contendere to, or been found guilty of any offense that is substantially equivalent to a registrable offense under subdivision (1)(a)(i) of this section by any village, town, city, state, territory, commonwealth, or other jurisdiction of the United States, by the United States Government, by court-martial or other military tribunal, or by a foreign jurisdiction, notwithstanding a procedure comparable in effect to that described under section 29-2264 or any other procedure to nullify a conviction other than by pardon;(iii) Is incarcerated in a jail, a penal or correctional facility, or any other public or private institution or is under probation or parole as a result of pleading guilty to or being found guilty of a registrable offense under subdivision (1)(a)(i) or (ii) of this section prior to January 1, 1997; or(iv) Enters the state and is required to register as a sex offender under the laws of another village, town, city, state, territory, commonwealth, or other jurisdiction of the United States.(b) In addition to the registrable offenses under subdivision (1)(a) of this section, the Sex Offender Registration Act applies to any person who on or after January 1, 2010:(i)(A) Except as provided in subdivision (1)(b)(i)(B) of this section, has ever pled guilty to, pled nolo contendere to, or been found guilty of any of the following: (I) Murder in the first degree pursuant to section 28-303;(II) Murder in the second degree pursuant to section 28-304;(III) Manslaughter pursuant to section 28-305;(IV) Assault in the first degree pursuant to section 28-308;(V) Assault in the second degree pursuant to section 28-309;(VI) Assault in the third degree pursuant to section 28-310;(VII) Stalking pursuant to section 28-311.03;(VIII) Violation of section 28-311.08 requiring registration under the act pursuant to subsection (6) of section 28-311.08;(IX) Kidnapping pursuant to section 28-313;(X) False imprisonment pursuant to section 28-314 or 28-315;(XI) Sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee in the first degree pursuant to section 28-322.02;(XII) Sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee in the second degree pursuant to section 28-322.03;(XIII) Sexual abuse of a protected individual pursuant to section 28-322.04;(XIV) Incest pursuant to section 28-703;(XV) Child abuse pursuant to subdivision (1)(d) or (e) of section 28-707;(XVI) Enticement by electronic communication device pursuant to section 28-833; or(XVII) Attempt, solicitation, aiding or abetting, being an accessory, or conspiracy to commit an offense listed in subdivisions (1)(b)(i)(A)(I) through (1)(b)(i)(A)(XVI) of this section.(B) In order for the Sex Offender Registration Act to apply to the offenses listed in subdivisions (1)(b)(i)(A)(I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (IX), and (X) of this section, a court shall have found that evidence of sexual penetration or sexual contact, as those terms are defined in section 28-318, was present in the record, which shall include consideration of the factual basis for a plea-based conviction and information contained in the presentence report;(ii) Has ever pled guilty to, pled nolo contendere to, or been found guilty of any offense that is substantially equivalent to a registrable offense under subdivision (1)(b)(i) of this section by any village, town, city, state, territory, commonwealth, or other jurisdiction of the United States, by the United States Government, by court-martial or other military tribunal, or by a foreign jurisdiction, notwithstanding a procedure comparable in effect to that described under section 29-2264 or any other procedure to nullify a conviction other than by pardon; or(iii) Enters the state and is required to register as a sex offender under the laws of another village, town, city, state, territory, commonwealth, or other jurisdiction of the United States.(c) In addition to the registrable offenses under subdivisions (1)(a) and (b) of this section, the Sex Offender Registration Act applies to any person who on or after January 1, 2020: (i) Has ever pled guilty to, pled nolo contendere to, or been found guilty of sexual abuse of a detainee under section 28-322.05; or(ii) Has ever pled guilty to, pled nolo contendere to, or been found guilty of any offense that is substantially equivalent to a registrable offense under subdivision (1)(c)(i) of this section by any village, town, city, state, territory, commonwealth, or other jurisdiction of the United States, by the United States Government, by court-martial or other military tribunal, or by a foreign jurisdiction, notwithstanding a procedure comparable in effect to that described under section 29-2264 or any other procedure to nullify a conviction other than by pardon.(d) In addition to the registrable offenses under subdivisions (1)(a), (b), and (c) of this section, the Sex Offender Registration Act applies to any person who on or after January 1, 2023:(i) Has ever pled guilty to, pled nolo contendere to, or been found guilty of human trafficking under subsection (1) or (2) of section 28-831, and the court determines either by notification of sex offender registration responsibilities or notation in the sentencing order that the human trafficking was sex trafficking or sex trafficking of a minor and not solely labor trafficking or labor trafficking of a minor; or(ii) Has ever pled guilty to, pled nolo contendere to, or been found guilty of any offense that is substantially equivalent to a registrable offense under subdivision (1)(d)(i) of this section by any village, town, city, state, territory, commonwealth, or other jurisdiction of the United States, by the United States Government, by court-martial or other military tribunal, or by a foreign jurisdiction, notwithstanding a procedure comparable in effect to that described under section 29-2264 or any other procedure to nullify a conviction other than by pardon.(2) A person appealing a conviction of a registrable offense under this section shall be required to comply with the act during the appeals process.Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 29-4003
Laws 1996, LB 645, § 3; Laws 2002, LB 564, § 3; Laws 2004, LB 943, § 9; Laws 2005, LB 713, § 4; Laws 2006, LB 1199, § 18; Laws 2009, LB 97, § 25; Laws 2009, LB 285, § 4; Laws 2011, LB 61, § 2; Laws 2014, LB 998, § 6; Laws 2016, LB 934, § 11; Laws 2019, LB 519, § 14; Laws 2019, LB 630, § 7; Laws 2020, LB 881, § 26; Laws 2022, LB 1246, § 2.Amended by Laws 2022, LB 1246,§ 2, eff. 7/21/2022.Amended by Laws 2020, LB 881,§ 26, eff. 11/14/2020.Amended by Laws 2019, LB 630,§ 7, eff. 9/1/2019.Amended by Laws 2019, LB 519,§ 14, eff. 9/1/2019.Amended by Laws 2016, LB 934,§ 11, eff. 4/19/2016.Amended by Laws 2014, LB 998,§ 6, eff. 4/10/2014.