SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A bill designed to keep registered sex offenders from running for public office failed in the State Senate elections committee in Sacramento on Tuesday. State Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria authored the bill after a registered sex offender tried to run for Fresno City Council. Soria, who formerly served as a Fresno city councilmember, says she is “extremely disappointed” that her proposal is not moving forward.