This is a horrible bill!
Child Exploitation; Revising the offenses that may be investigated and prosecuted by the Office of Statewide Prosecution; revising the types of offenses committed by a child in the custody of the Department of Children and Families which require the department to provide notice to the school superintendent; revising the type of offenses that create a rebuttable presumption of detriment for judicial determinations related to contact between a parent or caregiver and certain child victims, etc.
Among a number of things this bill seeks to do is remove parental rights of parents convicted of viewing child pornography even if the child was not the victim!
It empowers Department of Children and Families to make this call. We all know the horrific track record of DCF and how many children have died in their custody and control or oversight.
TELL YOUR LEGISLATORS THEY DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT NOR THE EXPERTISE!
Why is Florida going backwards? The COSOMB has just released new guidelines which actually says it’s important for parents to have contact with their children. They have rethought a position which was widely held for many years in Colorado, and now they have realized it is detrimental to the family as a whole. Not just the returning registered person but to the very children who were denied access to their parent.
There are high profile ATSA members on this COSOMB who are consultants to the SMART office… I think they know far more than legislators in Florida who seek only to continue to punish a population who is of the least likely to reoffend and have contact offense.
TELL OUR LEGISLATORS WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH!
Recent Article in the Denver Post…
Denver Post | March 5, 2017
Sex offenders see stringent parenting rules relaxed in Colorado, prompting debate over child safety
Appeals court ruling rejected Colorado’s approach to treatment
By Christopher N. Osher
Excerpts: Colorado’s sex offenders have long maintained the state treats them as pariahs, closely monitoring where they live, what they look at, who they talk to and what they discuss. One claimed in federal court filings that he was warned against keeping a crucifix because it displayed partial nudity. Another, convicted of groping a woman, said he had to write down his thoughts every time he saw a school bus.
The idea was to protect children, but the resulting system that cut off offenders from their own families has now been struck down in federal court. That leaves Colorado to create a new sex-offender treatment and management system that defense lawyers say is long overdue but prosecutors worry will put children at risk.
The system used to start with the premise that offenders should be barred from seeing their children even when they had not been victimized, until offenders prove they’re safe. Probation and parole officials almost always barred contact. The new system presumes sex offenders should parent their children unless a judge or parole board find compelling evidence the children are in danger. CONTINUED:
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/03/05/sex-offenders-colorado-rules-children/
U.S. vs. Burns
U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, Case No. 13-5045
Opinion field Dec. 30, 2014
https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/13/13-5045.pdf
It is important that when you call, give your name, if you are a constituent, say so, DO NOT mention your registration status as it is irrelevant. If you are not a registered citizen DO NOT mention as it is irrelevant.
Talking Points:
- If we continue down this path by denying the rights of this group of people it’s a slippery slope, who then is next?
- This population is already without a voice in their inability to vote, they should at least be allowed to parent their own children if they so choose, as does every other citizen, without fear of law enforcement or the government taking them away because they are forced to bare a label imposed by the government for a past conviction.
- If law enforcement believes a crime is being committed they can get a search warrant, as they would for every other citizen.
- It is unconscionable the legislature believes this is acceptable to us as Americans to have our failing Department of Children and Families make decisions as to who should be parenting your children if there has been no harm caused to them by you.
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IT IS BAD POLICY FOR FLORIDA and AMERICA.
Click here to find the listings of all your legislators. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/representatives.aspx http://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/#Senators
Committees:
House of Representatives Committees
Judiciary:
Chairman: Chris Sprowls [email protected] (850) 717-5065
Vice Chairman: Ross Spano [email protected] (850) 717-5059
Democratic Ranking Member: Cynthia Stafford [email protected] (850) 717-5109
Alexander, Ramon [D] [email protected] (850) 717-5008
Burgess, Jr., Daniel Wright “Danny” [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5038
Cortes, John [D] [email protected] (850) 717-5043
Diamond, Ben [D] [email protected] (850) 717-5068
Fant, Jay [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5015
Fitzenhagen, Heather [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5078
Geller, Joseph [D] [email protected] (850) 717-5100
Gonzalez, Julio [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5074
Grall, Erin [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5054
Hager, Bill [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5089
Harrison, Shawn [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5063
Metz, Larry [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5032
Moraitis, Jr., George R. [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5093
Plakon, Scott [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5029
Pritchett, Sharon [D] [email protected] (850) 717-5102
Justice Appropriations:
Chairman: Bill Hagar [email protected] (850) 717-5089
Vice Chairman: Eris Eisnaugle [email protected] (850) 717-5044
Democratic Ranking Member: Sharon Pritchett [email protected] (850) 717-5102
Abruzzo, Joseph [D] [email protected] (850) 717-5081
Asencio, Robert [D] [email protected] (850) 717-5118
Byrd, Cord [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5011
Daniels, Kimberly [D] [email protected] (850) 717-5014
Fitzenhagen, Heather [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5078
Gruters, Joe [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5073
Miller, Mike [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5047
Plakon, Scott [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5029
Spano, Ross [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5059
Sullivan, Jennifer Mae [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5031
Williams, Patricia H. [D] [email protected] (850) 717-5092
Yarborough, Clay [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5012
Criminal Justice:
Chairman: Ross Spano [email protected] (850) 717-5059
Vice Chair: Julio Gonzalez [email protected] (850) 717-5074
Democratic Ranking Member: Sharon Pritchett [email protected] (850) 717-5102
Alexander, Ramon [D] [email protected] (850) 717-5008
Altman, Thad [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5052
Eagle, Dane [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5077
Grant, James “J.W.” [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5064
Harrell, Gayle B. [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5083
Latvala, Chris [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5067
Moskowitz, Jared Evan [D] [email protected] (850) 717-5097
Raulerson, Daniel D. “Dan” [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5058
Richardson, David [D] [email protected] (850) 717-5113
Rommel, Bob [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5106
Slosberg, Emily [D] [email protected] (850) 717-5091
Sullivan, Jennifer Mae [R] [email protected] (850) 717-5031
Senate Committees:
Judiciary
Chair: Senator Greg Steube (R) [email protected] (850) 487-5023
Vice Chair: Senator Lizbeth Benacquisto (R) [email protected] (850) 487-5027
Senator Randolph Bracy (D) [email protected] (850) 487-5011
Senator Anitere Flores (R) [email protected] (850) 487-5039
Senator Rene Garcia (R) [email protected] (850) 487-5036
Senator Audrey Gibson (D) [email protected] (850) 487-5006
Senator Debbie Mayfield (R) [email protected] (850) 487-5017
Senator Bobby Powell (D) [email protected] (850) 487-5030
Senator Perry E. Thurston, Jr. (D) [email protected] (850) 487-5033
Justice Appropriations:
Chairman: Senator Aaron Bean (R) [email protected] (850) 487-5004
Vice Chairman: Senator Randolph Bracy (D) [email protected] (850) 487-5011
Senator Dennis Baxley (R) [email protected] (850) 487-5012
Senator Jeff Clemens (D) [email protected] (850) 487-5031
Senator Keith Perry (R) [email protected] (850) 487-5008
Criminal Justice:
Chair: Senator Randolph Bracy (D) [email protected] (850) 487-5011
Vice Chair: Senator Dennis Baxley (R) [email protected] (850) 487-5012
Senator Aaron Bean (R) [email protected] (850) 487-5004
Senator Rob Bradley (R) [email protected] (850) 487-5005
Senator Jeff Brandes (R) [email protected] (850) 487-5024
Senator Jeff Clemens (D) [email protected] (850) 487-5031
Senator Darryl Ervin Rouson (D) [email protected] (850) 487-5019
This is your time to SHOW UP, STAND UP and SPEAK UP!
We are all in this together.
I don’t get it. Is this bill saying that if you have been convicted and are labeled a sex offender – they will now try and take your child/children away from. You? Some one please clarify.
It does not say they will. It says they CAN. So, an ex spouse or Department of Children and Families can initiate a petition to remove parental rights or remove a minor child from your custody and the presumption will be that the registrant is dangerous to the child and the burden will be on the registrant to provide otherwise.
I don’t know if this bill will pass or not. But one thing is for sure. I will not give my child to DCF or anyone from the state. I will use lethal force to protect my child from being taken.
Is there an update on where this bill is at. How can we trace it. Do you need a family to go to Tallahassee to talk to the stupid politicians?
http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/01558
You can track it from the above link.
It’s a bit late in the game – this call to action was put up a while ago.
What are we doing about it as a group. I emailed all who were on the list. What I want to know is what FAC is doing next or are we just letting this go without a fight. Or if we are fighting are we doing it through legal counsel. In other words…..what’s next??
We are currently asking all members to call their legislators to oppose the bill.
If the bill fails there is nothing more to do.
If the bill becomes law, it will be up to us whether we can file a legal challenge to it. There is no question we will want to, but the question is whether we can raise the funds to bring a lawsuit. Currently we’re still trying to collect for our Ex Post Facto challenge and that’s a struggle.
We knew this would be her agenda and so does all the legislaters. Let her get the state sued one good time and lose for one of her hateful, unconstitutional laws (that were once mainstream) and she’ll slow her roll, and her daddy’s. Their days of the victim industry are numbered. Two very hateful individuals who deserve jail time for their known lies. They have gotten money and power from her daddy’s bad choice of a nanny. It looks like you should thank your dad now bitch!
I am confused about the wording of this bill. Is there a link that can be shared where we can read the bill? I have done a Google search and cannot find it. Any help would be appreciated. I will be contacting the appropriate official once I know what I’m actually talking about. Thanks!
Certainly: http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/1558/BillText/Filed/PDF