Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; changes to provisions.

Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry.Makes numerous changes to the provisions governing the Sex Offenderand Crimes Against Minors Registry. The bill changes the number ofclassifications of offenders who are required to register under theRegistry to match the number of classifications under federal lawand redesignates the classifications as Tier I, Tier II, and TierIII offenses. The bill also streamlines the reregistration process,eliminates the need for lower-level offenders to reregister annually,and allows offenders to electronically verify their registrationinformation. Finally, the bill allows the Virginia State Police touse public records to determine a victim's age if the victim's ageis not contained in the judgment of conviction in order to determinewhether a person is required to register under the Registry.