Acts 10 and 29 of 2018 are generally referred to collectively as SORNA II. 10, §§1-20, effective Febru(Act 10 of 2018), and, lastly, reenacted and amended on June 12, 2018, P.L. 91, effective Decem(Act 91 of 2012), and amended on February 21, 2018, effective immediately, known as Act 10 of 2018, see Act of February 21, 2018, P.L. SORNA I was amended on July 5, 2012, also effective December 20, 2012, see Act of July 5, 2012, P.L. 111, §12, effective in one year or Decem(SORNA I). On August 18, 2011, Petitioner pled guilty to two counts of aggravated indecent assault of a minor, and one count of sexual abuse of children by possessing child 1 The previous version of SORNA was originally enacted on December 20, 2011, effective December 20, 2012. Petitioner waived his preliminary hearing, and the offenses2 were bound over to court. On October 8, 2009, Petitioner was charged via a criminal complaint with eight offenses, involving two minors, for events that occurred between August 29, 2009, and September 28, 2009. He is subject to the registration, notification, and counseling provisions of SORNA II due to his status as a sex offender convicted of qualifying offenses under the former law known as Megan’s Law III, formerly 42 Pa.C.S. Petitioner is an adult who is currently confined at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Forest. §§9799.51-9799.75 (Subchapter I of SORNA II).1 The underlying facts of Petitioner’s convictions are as follows.
Background Petitioner filed his PFR on September 9, 2019, which challenges the constitutionality of Subchapter I of the current version of the Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), which requires lifetime registration of certain sexual offenders who have committed an offense on or after April 22, 1996, but before December 20, 2012.
Upon review, we deny Petitioner’s application. Procedurally, the instant matter comes before us for disposition based upon Petitioner’s filing of an application for summary relief. (Petitioner) filed a petition for review (PFR) in this Court’s original jurisdiction seeking relief on seven counts that concern his sexual offender registration requirements, administered by the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP), due to his status as a sexually violent predator (SVP). ANDREW CROMPTON, Judge OPINION NOT REPORTED MEMORANDUM OPINION BY JUDGE McCULLOUGH FILED: OctoR.F.M. 2019 Submitted: JanuHONORABLE MARY HANNAH LEAVITT, Judge HONORABLE PATRICIA A. Pennsylvania State Police, Respondent BEFORE: : : : : : : : No. IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA R.F.M., Petitioner v.
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