CALL TO ACTION: Lifetime Monitoring Bill To Be Heard Next Week
This is URGENT!!!
The Lifetime Monitoring Bill is being heard on Tuesday. That’s this coming Tuesday!
If you are opposed to this bill it is important that you please call and email the senate committee. We are counting on our members to call and send emails by the thousands!!!
You do not need to mention if you are a registered citizen, related to one, or a friend of one.
You only need to tell them,
“HB203./SB134 is not good policy for Florida, It is not based on empirical research, and will be an unsustainable cost to the tax payers. You prefer they put these resources towards prevention, education and victim services.”
OR
“I’m calling about HB203 or (SB134) As a citizen of Florida I am really hopeful we will begin to create and pass legislation that is based on empirical evidence and this bill clearly is not. It also flies in the face of being fiscally responsible with tax payer dollars and public safety. With all of the restrictions on registered citizens they will not be able to pay these charges for life and will be back in prison. The tax payer footing the bill. If the only reason we will re-incarcerate someone who is otherwise not breaking any law, living in a law abiding manner, but because they are poor and cannot pay a debt imposed by punishment, will be re-incarcerated makes no sense. Prison should be for those who pose such a concern to public safety they cannot be managed in the community, this would not be the case. DO NOT SUPPORT THIS BILL, I AM ASKING YOU TO VOTE NO!”
Points:
• Does nothing for prevention, the monitor does not prevent new offenses and is contrary to allowing an offender to effectively re-integrate back into society. The monitor creates a hardship for an offender to even go food shopping. It goes off in most large retail locations. Publix, Target just to name a few, not allowing them to complete their shopping. They must go outside to re-establish their signal and vacate their purchase.
• Burden for cost will fall back to the tax payer both for the cost of monitoring as well as the cost of incarceration for a violation. It will also present false information on numbers relating to recidivism.
• Not supported by empirical evidence,. After about 8 years and again in half after 10… After 15 years the risk drops to zero 0… NO greater risk than anyone else in the community who has never been convicted of a sex offense. Sex offenders have a low recidivism rate to begin with as compared to the other offender populations.
• Creates a revolving door back to the prison, is contrary to public interest and contrary to smart justice.
• Denies Liberty and Due Process
• There is no basis other than punishment and ignorance which drives such policy.
It is your responsibility to reach out to your legislators and all those on the Criminal Justice Sub Committees in both the house and senate to advise them this is not what Florida wants or needs. (SEE LIST AND CONTACTS BELOW)
TO FIND YOUR LEGISLATORS:
www.myfloridahouse.gov click on Representatives or enter your address www.flsenate.gov click on senator or enter your zip code
Senate Criminal Justice Sub Committee
Chairman:
Greg Evers [R] [email protected] 850.487.5002
Vice Chair
Audrey Gibson [D] [email protected] 850.487.5009
Rob Bradley [R] [email protected] 850.487.5007
Jeff Brandes [R] [email protected] 850.487.5022
Jeff Clemens [D] [email protected] 850.487.5027
House of Representatives Criminal Justice Sub Committee
Chair 12/8/2014 – 8/1/2015
Trujillo, Carlos [R] [email protected] 850.717.5105
Vice Chair 12/8/2014 – 8/1/2015
Van Zant, Charles E. [R] [email protected] 850.717.5019
Democratic Ranking Member 12/19/2014 – 8/1/2015
Bracy, Randolph [D] [email protected] 850.717.5045
Baxley, Dennis K. [R] [email protected] 850.717.5023
Fant, Jay [R] [email protected] 850.717.5015
Harrell, Gayle B. [R] [email protected] 850.717.5083
Kerner, Dave [D] [email protected] 850.717.5087
Latvala, Chris [R] [email protected] 850.717.5067
Pilon, Ray [R] [email protected] 850.717.5072
Plakon, Scott [R] [email protected] 850.717.5029
Pritchett, Sharon [D] [email protected] 850.717.5102
Spano, Ross [R] [email protected] 850.717.5059
Watson, Jr., Clovis [D] [email protected] 850.717.5020
You can also refer them to this report:
https://floridaactioncommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/HighRiskOffenders_MayNotBeHighForever_Hanson_Harris_Helmus_Thornton.pdf
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I was present in the hearing room. We now know what misguided information and personal unprovable statements are going to be used to try and push this bill through. If we can provide information packets that disprove the unverifiable data being presented we should be able to push back some more. It was interesting that de la portilla stated it might take another year before this bill is ready. I know that there were many people from Tallahassee that took the time to contact committee members and express concern over this bill. How much does 3M stand to make if this is passed? Just food for thought.
Absolutely! Please send research, studies, etc. to [email protected] – Gail will be traveling to Tallahassee to speak next week and she will bring all the ammunition.
Senate delayed the vote on SB134 until next week.
Completed a call to action with phone calls and emails to all committee members in the senate. Just watched the senate meeting. SB134 was ” tee-peed” for next week. Diaz and de la portilla gave a few minutes of misguided comments. You should watch. It is near the end of the two hour meeting. Well, I guess we regroup for a call to action next week. FYI senator Evers seems gun ho to get this bill passed.