HB 2279

Juvenile Offenders - As enacted, expands the delinquent acts that constitute a violent juvenile sexual offense for purposes of the sexual offender registry to include an adjudication of delinquency for an act that, if committed by an adult, constitutes the criminal offense of rape of a child if the victim is less than four years younger than the offender and the judge, taking into account the facts and circumstances surrounding the delinquent act, orders that the juvenile be required to register as a violent juvenile sexual offender, rather than only if the victim is at least four years younger than the offender. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.