COLUMBIA, S.C. - Police and legislators renewed efforts Monday to require sex offenders released on probation to wear electronic monitors that will let authorities know where they are at all times.

The legislation was drafted after the kidnapping and murder of nine-year-old Jessica Marie Lunsford in February. About three weeks later, convicted sex offender John Evander Couey, 46, confessed to taking the third grader from her home and killing her, authorities said.

The girl's father, Mark Lunsford, made stops around the state Monday to call for quick passage of the monitoring bill legislators introduced in May in the House and Senate.

"I could sit here and tell you a story that would make you cry," Lunsford said. "But I don't want you to cry. I want you to get mad. I want you to say enough is enough."

"It's time to turn the tables. It's time for our children to quit being stalked and for us to know where our sex offenders and predators are," he said.

Sen. Jake Knotts said the legislation would help police tell immediately if a sex offender was in the area of a crime and would keep sex offenders who weren't there from being investigated. Crime victims also would be quickly warned if the person who harmed them was nearby, said Knotts, R-Lexington.