Safe Shelters Act of 2025
The Safe Shelters Act of 2025 requires sex offenders mandated to register on the National Sex Offender Registry (under the Adam Walsh Act) to notify shelter staff if they enter a regular emergency shelter during a disaster. It prohibits these offenders from using undesignated shelters without immediate notification, with penalties including fines or up to 5 years in prison for noncompliance. The bill directs FEMA to designate specific federal buildings or prisons as shelters *only* for these offenders during disasters, requiring agencies to share lists of designated shelters with all shelter operators. This directly affects registered sex offenders and emergency shelter managers, creating a new system to separate shelter access during crises. The law takes effect 180 days after enactment.
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Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 11, 2025
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Feb 11, 2025
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
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Feb 11, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Feb 11, 2025
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