Author: FAC Contributor #10

Legislative Delegation Meetings Calendar The 2026 Legislative Session begins January 13, 2026. Interim Committee Weeks in Tallahassee are scheduled as follows: October 6–10, 2025 October 13–18, 2025 November 3–7, 2025 November 17–21, 2025 December 1–5, 2025 December 8–12, 2025    Delegation Meetings Public Hearings August 11, Monday, 9am – noon Charlotte County 18500 Murdock Circle, Port Charlotte  Before Aug 5

Since this past March, Florida Action Committee members have been emailing all 160 Florida legislators, asking them to consider filing the following two bills: A Neurocognitive Impairment bill that would allow for dementia/brain injury that is medically documented to be considered in all aspects of the Florida criminal justice system, including probation and offender registrations, thereby preventing the inhumane treatment

Update on Email Campaign:     There are 60 people who are participating in our Email Campaign that will carry us through February of 2026.  Progress is being made on reaching out to legislators on filing a bill that would allow courts to consider medically documented dementia in all aspects of the criminal justice system: offense/defense, probation, and registration.   People

Accomplishments since last monthly meeting to “Change the Narrative” The weekly email campaign to all 160 legislators was organizationally established and kicked off.  Emails went out for two consecutive weeks.  The first email addressed the Senate & House bill “Registration for Sexual Predators and Sexual Offenders”.  The second email addressed allowing neurocognitive diseases to be considered throughout the criminal justice

CBS Action News JAX says, “Registered sex offenders claim to be displaced.  They felt that they were targeted by the community to get them out of the trailer park.” One of the displaced gentlemen said this is another type of sentence placed on top of the prison sentence that he already has served.  He is correct. There are no showers