Civil Liberties Union of Nevada. ``When you're talking about reducing someone's right to vote, there needs to be compelling reasons to do so.''
Roland pointed out that the bill's broad definition of sex offenders could mean that people who urinate in public or steal pornographic images also could lose their civil rights.
Manendo moved to kill AB38, but the committee agreed instead to reconsider it at a later date.
``I think it's very far-reaching,'' said Manendo, adding that in light of the division's problems, it should focus its energy elsewhere.
The committee also heard testimony on AB35, which would make it tougher for a sex offender to get a judge to release the offender from lifetime supervision.
Jerod Updike, a convicted sex offender who at age 22 was charged with attempting to meet a 15 year old over the Internet, opposed the bill.
``I understand trying to protect children, and I understand serious molesters and people who have had direct contact,'' Updike, who is hearing-impaired, said through an interpreter. ``But for my situation, where I was a young kid who made a poor choice over the Internet, I feel that lifetime supervision doesn't connect to the crime that I committed.''
