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Our first major deadline is now in the books as all the bills for session have been officially filed. I ended up filing more than 20 measures, including SJR 11 to allow Oklahoma voters to decide whether the Legislature should have the power to enact or amend statutes relating to sex offenders if such provisions are rationally related to protecting the public from sex-based crimes. This would include such things as sex offender registration requirements, the duration of those requirements, and proximity to areas frequented by vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, and mentally disabled. Under this proposed state question, if approved, sex offenders would have to comply with any such enactments or amendments after implemented. Any subsequent changes regulating residence of a sex offender would be applicable when the individual moved.