This morning’s NY Times reports that Biden will “issue a freeze on all new regulations put in motion by his predecessor to give his administration time to evaluate which ones should move forward — if any.”

I OPPOSE changes to SORNA that increase any level of increased registration requirements.

SORNA as well as the State registries are focused on preventing an individual AND their families from moving forward after an event occurred in their life. Individuals with any registry requirement have huge barriers placed on:
Where they can live.
Where they can work.
Where they can go to school.
Where they can go for entertainment.
Where they can practice religious beliefs.
How they communicate online.
How long they can visit locations not identified as their home.
Unique identifiers on such as passports and drivers licenses.
Routinely being singled out, in public forums, for past transgressions.

SORNA has been identified as not punishment, but why if not punishment, does any infraction carry with it severe penalties?

SORNA is not based on empirical data but is based on strumming the emotional strings for political and financial gain.

How can it be legal to enact or modify a law and then claim it is legally binding regardless of when the offence took place. That specifically violates “Ex Post Facto” rule of law.

SORNA has no allowance for emergency situations such as COVID, hurricanes, massive snowstorms, regional firestorms, etc that may prevent an individual from being compliant.

SORNA provides a false sense of safety, with enormous costs, and no proof as to positive effects.

I could continue with the reasons SORNA is just a bad idea, but I think I have made my point. SORNA is a bad idea, dont add additional restrictions to an already unmanageable concept.

It was hard not to get emotional as I wrote this. As of my comment there were 500 plus comments. We as a group can do better.

Thank you for that clarification, FAC. 👍

If you will not be establishing any temporary or permanent addresses in those states, you can simply tell VCSO that and stick to it. If they threaten you with arrest for not giving them information you don’t owe them, you can tell them to have that conversation with your lawyer.

What can they POSSIBLY do to you, besides be nasty?

There is no law against open-ended travel per se, nor any law against unregistered open-ended travel.

please share this info with legal@floridaactioncommittee.org

Also, they (vcso) did not allow me to do almost the same. I wanted to stop in a few states on the way up: told me i needed to give them addresses. They would not accept anything other than addresses: theres no open ended travel. They were very specific and truly nasty about it.

I had to fly in from new york to comply with my semi yearly

Hello Dram
Jacob is correct in his response to you.
Here is a direct quote from ACSOL visitor spreadsheet, these are ACSOL’s disclaimers. As you can see it only applies if you are actually changing residence – not if you’re visiting. I would regard this as an authoritative answer to this question.

“Note Regarding Additional Requirements Under SORNA: Please be aware that Federal law imposes additional requirements independent of the laws of each state. In particular, the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) requires Registrants who change their residences to inform the jurisdiction within 3 business days of the change, regardless of any individual state’s registration requirements. 34 U.S.C. & 20913(c). The same applies to “change of name…, employment, or student status.”

But remember that if you live in Florida establishing a residence is basically two days. So if you are visiting a location more than two days the state of Fl says, you must check out with them, Do all you can to not establish a residency of any kind.

So an example would be; You move to a state to establish a residency no matter if that state says you have 5 days to register, SORNA says 3 business days.

Hope this helps. When these things happen we have to let the dust settle some, and put our heads together to get some clarity.

Best Regards
Sailtime

‘Moving across state lines’ here does not mean simply crossing state lines. You would have to establish a residence (as it is defined in law), etc.