Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 2.

This bill revises certain penalties and reporting requirements of the sex offender registry, as follows: (1) Under present law, it is a Class A misdemeanor for a registered sex offender whose victim was a minor to knowingly: (A) Impersonate a person, real or fictional, or member of a profession while in the presence of a minor with the intent to attract or entice the minor to be in the offender's presence; (B) Engage in employment the offender knows will place the offender in direct and unsupervised contact with a minor; or (C) Operate a vehicle, such as an ice cream truck, for the purpose of attracting or enticing a minor to be in the presence of the offender. This bill increases the penalty for the above offenses from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class E felony. (2) Present law generally imposes residential and work restrictions on sex offenders. One such restriction prohibits offenders from being on or near premises such as schools, daycares, and public parks. An exception to this rule exists when the offender is attending a conference with school, daycare, park, or recreation center officials as a parent or legal guardian of a child who is enrolled in that school or daycare, or a participant at the recreation center or park, and has received written permission or a request from the school's principal or the facility's administrator. Under present law, a violation of the residential and work restrictions due solely to a lack of written permission to attend a conference with a school or recreation center is a Class E felony punishable by fine only. This bill changes the penalty to a Class A misdemeanor. (3) Present law requires all sex offenders to keep a form of identification in their possession at all times. A violation of this requirement is a Class E felony punishable by a fine only of not less than $250. This bill changes the penalty to a Class A misdemeanor. (4) Under present law, incarcerated sex offenders must report or register with either the warden or sheriff, depending on where the offender was incarcerated, within 48 hours prior to release. After reporting or registering, an offender must report in person to the registering agency within 48 hours of release. Under present law, this requirement does not apply if the place of incarceration is also the offender's registering agency; this bill removes this provision and instead provides that the offender must report to the registering agency within 48 hours of the offender's release.