Whatever happened to the “Solicitation for Prostitution Registry”
in 2019, the Florida Legislature passed a Bill sponsored by Senator Lauren Book (SB 540) that was titled “Human Trafficking”.
In the Bill Analysis, the sponsor stated, “Human trafficking is a form of modern–day slavery. Young children, teenagers, and adults are all victims of human trafficking, who are subjected to force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of sexual exploitation or forced labor…Human trafficking is the third-largest international crime industry, generating a profit of an estimated $32 billion every year. In 2016, there were an estimated 40.3 million victims of human trafficking…. Florida ranks third in the nation for reported cases of human trafficking.”
The Bill passed and was signed into law, creating Florida Statute 943.0433, the “Solicitation for Prostitution Registry”. Individuals who committed the offense(s) on or after January 1, 2021 and are convicted (regardless of adjudication) on or after January 1, 2021 are currently being placed on the Soliciting for Prostitution Public Database.
So far there are none.
You can find the list here: http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/SFPDB.aspx
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The Daily Mail reports that the Solicitation for Prostitution Database has been taken down.
(h/t: ACSOL)
And also the animal abuse registry We’re not retro.
Does it help at all with the ex post facto case that they did not write it as “Convicted on or after or still serving sanctions” but rather convicted on or after Jan 2021?
But there HAVE been arrests for soliciting prostitution!!:
https://spacecoastdaily.com/2021/03/melbourne-police-special-investigation-unit-arrests-three-after-street-level-prostitution-sweep/
And more arrests!:
https://www.wjhg.com/2021/03/22/18-arrested-in-panama-city-police-reverse-prostitution-operation/
And more!!:
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/full-circle/human-trafficking-operations-surrounding-the-super-bowl-result-in-dozens-of-arrests-for-prostitution
But there’s no one on Book’s Prostitution Registry?? 🤔🤷🏻♂️
David
Um, maybe that is because if they are put on that registry, those arrested may spill the beans on all the married judges, cops, business men, teachers, congressmen, clergy etc that have secretly used their “Services”.
So the arrestees, if convicted, will be placed on the solicitation registry.
When I turned 16 I studied the state driving license regulations book, I familiarized my self with the car I would use so I could pass the driving test . Though I was nervous I managed to ace the written test and driving test paid for my insurance so I could legally comply with all regulations to possess a drivers , which I did.
Do they put used drugs on anyone license, how about shop lifted, how about battery, how about DUI which I could see possibly having a reason for. What in hell does registry violations have to do with driving a car. Does it make one less capable of being a safe driver.
What is a drivers license for anyway? What are they thinking?
I’m sure a lot of people of people who regularly check ID’s know. DR Offices, gyms, hospitals, etc when they see that number.
I have never understood the relationship between a drivers license and an indication of RSO on the license. What does driving have to do with being an RSO? Does Florida fear an RSO is going to molest a car?
Capt
Yes and a point. For now, mine just has the statue # and no one so far but one cop has asked me what it means.
I know some have predator stamped on theirs. You have to give your license to doctors offices, libraries, check cashing places, the bank and many other places.
Imagine the “Special” treatment you will get in the hospital when they find out. I am not even listed as predator but the hospital staff still treated me almost to death. My report and complaints fell on deaf ears and were never followed up on. Instead I was sent to collections even though I had not missed a single payment.
I have ‘predator’ on my license even though I was not considered a predator in Virginia where I had my failure. The victim, my daughter, and I have long ago reconciled and she and her family have moved to just a few miles from me and we are in frequent contact. We let bygones be bygones a long time ago. She understood that what happened was out of character for me and the depression I was going through at the time. Within a few weeks of arriving in Florida I was before a judge who was clueless about my background and the situation I had gone through as he declared me a ‘predator’. The registry in Florida had me charged with ‘crimes’ I had never been charged with I Virginia. My counselor even told the judge that I was not a predator. I remember one time when I took a poly and as a result I was accused of trying to ‘groom’ someone in my church. I took out a $100 bill and laid it on the table and told the polygrapher and my counselor if they could come up with one name in six months the $100 was theirs. Of course they couldn’t and got angry that I challenged their ‘professionalism’…and their false charge. People who know me know that such a charge is BS. They also know that I will not hesitate to speak up. I am more of a ‘vinegar’ man than a ‘honey’ man. I just grin and bare it until the bureaucracy of Florida wakes up. I was released from probation 11 years early yet I am still a ‘predator’.
Why don’t you sue? For 1 it’s already won challenges they do not have the right to make you speak. 2 predator is ambiguous and means your actively praying and should produce those fact or the term is cruel and unusual where they are making up things about you sounds libel to me.