From DesMoinesRegister:

A bipartisan plan aimed at better monitoring child sex offenders and scaling back the mandates of a controversial residency law won wide support Monday night from law enforcement groups.

But for others – including sex offenders, their loved ones and professionals who work with victims and abusers – a public hearing Monday at the Statehouse was likely their only opportunity to voice concern.

Legislators have said the body could act on the proposal – kept secret until last week – before the end of the week.

“We believe it’s time to quit underestimating the public,” said Beth Barnhill of Iowa’s Coalition Against Sexual Assault, who, like many speakers at the Statehouse, urged lawmakers to simply repeal the state’s controversial 2,000-foot law restricting where sex offenders can live.

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