GamePolitics has a report on a bill being considered by Texas lawmakers that would force convicted sex offenders to submit their gamertags and other "Internet communication identifiers" to law enforcement. GP says that in the strictest interpretation of the law, the offender could be banned from networks like PSN, Xbox Live and Second Life.

The bill, HB 22, is next headed to the House of Representatives and (should it pass there) will move on to the Senate.

In other news, internet video game blog Joystiq.com was given a Golden Giraffe award for avoiding low-hanging fruit and writing the entirety of the "Texas may require sex offenders to report gamertag" post without a single cheap joke. They'd like to thank their mothers, and God.

(Joystiq)

that sounds fair. i wouldnt want them to be on myself but this is fine as well

Thats right, ban them from entertainment so they get bored and start stalking people ... lol

Stupid...
Wont they just go to "create new gamertag"

They should ban their IP adresses and lock them in rooms with rabid hamsters.

does that include VGC Usernames?

errrrrr.... just wondering

hmmm why not just put them in a community so they molest each other. haha. but yeah fair is fair.

Or maybe they shouldn't be allowed to get on Xlive in the first place haha. I think once you break that trust with society and other people that you lose that privilege. That's what is really fair.

NAMBLA will not be happy with this

Sounds good, and indeed they should do something with their IP's

I think this is geared twoards myspace and facebook accounts.