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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So, let me get this straight. If a registered citizen wishes to vacation in Florida (God knows why), they would legally have to travel to Florida, register their stay, leave Florida and come back. Or, say a resident of Florida needs to check into a motel/hotel due to an emergency, they couldn’t for at least 2 days or risk going to jail.
Seriously, do these lawmakers not THINK before writing laws??
I dont think this has a shot to pass as it places to much burden for lodging to comply and opens the flood gates for civil litigation against them.
I pray that this is shot down.
However, I would advise and rso to never book lodging in his/hers name and travel with someone else
Will this be added to the post facto suit?
Removing Dross has called our representative, Amber Mariano, and strongly objected to this bill. We left a message for Miss Mariano with her receptionist at her local office and on her Tallahassee voicemail.
It is imperative that we all flood our representatives with phone calls and emails. Just remember to be polite and respectful. There is strength in numbers. Please encourage your family and friends to call in objection to this bill.
I am off paper, live a clean life, and dont bother no-one. I go where I want, fish where I want, shop where I want.
I went to a tool place to pick up some tools. 3 doors down there was a day-care. There were also 3 BSO cops there. ALL of them knew me, knew OF me and my charges.
What did they do?? They asked me what I bought and how I was doing with my health.
THEY DONT CARE!!!!
Exactly man I agree to that not many people living here are giving a shit anymore who’s on a registry lol.
I plan on responding to my representative. But what exactly is a public lodging establishment?
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0500-0599/0509/Sections/0509.242.html
509.242 Public lodging establishments; classifications.—
(1) A public lodging establishment shall be classified as a hotel, motel, nontransient apartment, transient apartment, bed and breakfast inn, timeshare project, or vacation rental if the establishment satisfies the following criteria:
(a) Hotel.—A hotel is any public lodging establishment containing sleeping room accommodations for 25 or more guests and providing the services generally provided by a hotel and recognized as a hotel in the community in which it is situated or by the industry.
(b) Motel.—A motel is any public lodging establishment which offers rental units with an exit to the outside of each rental unit, daily or weekly rates, offstreet parking for each unit, a central office on the property with specified hours of operation, a bathroom or connecting bathroom for each rental unit, and at least six rental units, and which is recognized as a motel in the community in which it is situated or by the industry…………………………………………………..
Help me call all major hotels legal departments . I’m sure they don’t want to resort to all their customers if there is a registrant living within 1000 feet of their property. It would be very bad for business.