CALL TO ACTION: Oppose HB 987: Public Lodging Establishments
On April 10th, The Florida House of Representatives amended House Bill 987: Public Lodging Establishments, to require Persons required to register as sex offenders report to the Sheriff’s office where they will be staying, 48 hours before an intended stay at a Public Lodging Establishment, regardless of how long they will stay at the location!
In addition, operators of a Public Lodging Establishment who have a Person required to register as a sex offender staying at or within 1000 feet of their establishment, must notify all guests staying there.
Not only will this be impossible to comply with (you will need to report to the local Sheriff 48 hours before even arriving!), but burdens the travel rights of persons who have served their time and without any individualized assessment of their risk to the community.
It is IMPORTANT that you contact your legislator to tell them to OPPOSE this bill! NOW!
A copy of the Amendment can be found here: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/987/Amendment/348655/PDF
A copy of the Bill can be found here: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/987/BillText/c2/PDF
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You can find all Senators here: Florida Senate Complete List
You can find your specific State and US Representatives here: https://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/
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Wow! What is wrong with those people? I have never heard or seen anything as idiotic as this. Florida!! Wake up!! Rid yourselves of these Nazis running your state!
This should be our Alamo our Massada if you will. If this passes it will violate so many laws and principles that we muat at this point draw the line. It will be my break point and should be everyones.
Not hotel, motel etc will ever allow a rso to stay there because the owner of the hotel, motel will not risk losing customers to allow one to stay.
As harsh as the law sounds, most people will just have someone else rent the room for them. All one needs is a fake ID and a prepaid debit card in that name. This is a more cost effective system than hiring an Indian call center to register all of the possible hotels one might stay at. Perhaps I need to start buying up cheap RVs around the country to rent out to RSOs vacationing in Florida. Parents would not want sex offenders staying in a hotel, they would rather have them parked outside their house in a rented van. Wait, that only makes sense to Florida lawmakers!
I live in Miami and occasionally have to travel to Orlando for work, for a day or two. How could I possibly register with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office at least 48 hours before my hotel stay? I would have to drive 4 hours to Orlando and then drive 4 hours back to Miami, since I could not even stay in a hotel while I was there, for the purposes of registering. This is essentially a total ban on staying in any hotel outside of the immediate area of one’s residence.
How would anyone from another state even realize this? What if you stayed at one hotel that was within 1000 feet of another? Wouldn’t the other hotel have to notify as well? Along with the 48 hours advance in person. literally impossible
If i read it right. It states the hotel
Needs to advertise and display the rule online and in lobby.
This will make our lives and our Family lives a Nightmare, this means we cannot go anywhere, unless you go to another family home. If this passes, I’ll have to buy a camper to go anywhere for a night or two,
Please everyone call your state Representative ….
Think a campground would somehow fall into this
Just called and left a message to oppose HB 987.
This is an awful amendment. So many thousands of people will be affected. Not just registered citizens. Thanks FAC for getting the word out.
Please everyone call and oppose this amendment.
And support Ex Post Facto – Sustainer – even if it’s just few dollars, it will all add up. We can’t give up. As the song by Journey says “Don’t stop Believing”