Popular Name Statutized?:
Y
Type:
Victim
Date Enacted:
Friday, May 17, 1996
Short Title:
"Megan's Law"
Classification:
42 USC 13701 (note)
PL:
104-145
Statute At Large:
110 Stat 1345
Named For?:
Megan Kanka, who was brutally raped and murdered on July 29, 1994, by a neighbor who was twice convicted of being a sexual predator.
Link/Source:
CR H4452, May 7, 1996, Statement of Rep. Dick Zimmer (author).
Interesting Part Statutized?:
Y
Notes:
short title