“I just want to clarify that this was an issue created by the Missouri Legislature, not the Missouri Department of Corrections, Probation and Parole, or the attorney general’s office,” Fry said. “I’m very proud of all three entities for doing the right thing today.”

In essence, he said, all parties agreed to the enforcement changes.

Fry sued the state on behalf of D.G., a 40-year-old man who argued that the law didn’t exist when he pleaded guilty to crimes associated with sending webcam photographs of his genitals to an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old girl.

D.G. completed five years of probation in 2016. He found out about lifetime monitoring in March.

The GPS devices are supposed to alert state officials if an offender lingers near a school, park or other exclusion areas. Offenders face a felony if they cut the wide black strap that attaches the waterproof device to them.

The Department of Corrections has said the new security requirements were part of the revised criminal code that lawmakers finalized in the 2014 legislative session.