UPDATE 3- Senate Bill 234-Video of Rules Committee Meeting
Watch video of Senate Rules Committee meeting in which SB 234 was on the agenda, and despite numerous objections, the bill passed the Rules Committee. You can watch the video here, starting at 1:19.
https://www.flsenate.gov/media/videoplayer?EventID=1_3wpkrnbb-202103040900&Redirect=true
THANK YOU FOR SENDING YOUR APPEARANCE CARD – WITH UNITY COMES CHANGE,
We have a member representing FAC today in opposition of the SB 234, as is, and will strongly suggest an accurate definition of “a day”. Approximately 200 appearance cards will also be delivered to the meeting in opposition of SB 234, as is.
Senate Bill 234 will be heard by the Senate Rules Committee this Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 9:00-11:00 A.M.
This bill will redefine the meaning of “day” to include “part of any calendar day”. FAC has submitted a letter in opposition to the Bill which you can read here: Letter to Rules RE SB234. Additionally, we plan to have a member speak before the meeting.
We are calling on all members to contact the members of the Senate Rules Committee by calling and emailing them via the information below, and asking them to OPPOSE SB 234. Please remember to be polite and professional. Remember, they (absent Senator Book) were not the one introducing this bill, they are considering it, so be mindful of that when communicating with them.
You can also fill out an appearance card and waive speaking against the bill.
- Open this Sample SB 234 Committee Appearance Form: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/sample-sb234-committee-appearance-form/
- Enter your name, job title, address, email and phone
- Save (Download with your changes) the completed form with your name in the filename: example AnnaK.pdf
- Email completed form to: [email protected]
The blank appearance card can be printed from here: https://www.flsenate.gov/UserContent/Committees/CommitteeAppearanceForm.pdf. Please make sure you have the date of the meeting (March 4, 2021), the Bill Number (SB 234), all your contact information, that you waive speaking AGAINST the bill. If using the blank form, scan and email a copy to [email protected].
We must receive your form by 5:00 pm Wednesday March 3 so that we can present it in Tallahassee on March 4, 2021.
| CHAIR: Senator Kathleen Passidomo (R) | (850) 487-5028 | [email protected] |
| VICE CHAIR: Senator Ileana Garcia (R) | (850) 487-5037 | [email protected] |
| Senator Ben Albritton (R) | (850) 487-5026 | [email protected] |
| Senator Dennis Baxley (R) | (850) 487-5012 | [email protected] |
| Senator Aaron Bean (R) | (850) 487-5004 | [email protected] |
| Senator Lauren Book (D) | (850) 487-5032 | [email protected] |
| Senator Randolph Bracy (D) | (850) 487-5011 | [email protected] |
| Senator Jeff Brandes (R) | (850) 487-5024 | [email protected] |
| Senator Manny Diaz, Jr. (R) | (850) 487-5036 | [email protected] |
| Senator Gary M. Farmer, Jr. (D) | (850) 487-5034 | [email protected] |
| Senator Audrey Gibson (D) | (850) 487-5006 | [email protected] |
| Senator Joe Gruters (R) | (850) 487-5023 | [email protected] |
| Senator Travis Hutson (R) | (850) 487-5007 | [email protected] |
| Senator Debbie Mayfield (R) | (850) 487-5017 | [email protected] |
| Senator Bobby Powell (D) | (850) 487-5030 | [email protected] |
| Senator Kelli Stargel (R) | (850) 487-5022 | [email protected] |
| Senator Perry E. Thurston, Jr. (D) | (850) 487-5033 | [email protected] |
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FAC
Thank you for mentioning being polite. I say that all the time to those who are nasty to the officers who come by to verify their addresses. Being nasty to someone doesn’t get us anywhere in life, on or off the registry.
Peace
“Being nasty to someone doesn’t get us anywhere in life, on or off the registry.”
Nonsense. It’s the LE, community and lawmakers that need to let go of their anger and hate.
We reserve the right to be frustrated, confused and angry..
No, it’s not: “it is what it is.”
Acquiescence by “playing their game” is capitulation.
I agree.
The American colonists in 1776 didn’t get anywhere by being nice.
They had to get nasty….real real mean and nasty.
One must fight Tyranny!
Done.
Im on probation in Polk County, Fl for domestic battery, i have 5 weeks left and I am finished. I will do as you ask, but please have my back if they come after me. Of course, 20 years ago, half my life ago, I’m obviously 40, I, too, committed a sex crime, exposure, and I feel the pain of the label sometimes literally, and I struggle under the weight of the label myself especially employment. But, please remember fellow registrants, we all knew it was going to get worse, before it was going to get better. So even if this goes through, someone, somewhere in a position of power will see the aftermath and agree this is ridiculous. I have been through more abuse then I can talk about, and yet, I still stay positive and hopeful. Please do as FAC asks of us, and with their guidance and others like them, we will overcome.
We can do this.
FWIW, I sent an email, basically the same letters I sent the Judiciary.
If they’re going to treat me like a Floridian I may as well testify like one.
Appreciate it and everyone reading this should submit something to oppose.
I sent an email to the Senate Rules Committee and, in addition to opposing the bill, asked them to introduce a Committee Substitute that either strikes the wording redefining a “day” as “any part of a day” or defines it so that it does not require transient sexual offenders to essentially register every location they visit throughout their entire lives.
I think a Committee Substitute is a more realistic goal than asking them to vote the whole thing down in Committee. I pointed out that by turning this bill (the way it’s currently written) into a law, they are only further jeopardizing the Florida sex offender registration system in pending litigation. They probably care more about that than anything else. A Committee Substitute that strikes the bad definition of a day allows them to resolve the matter without offending Book or looking soft on crime/RSOs.
This is a wise alternative.
Great letter, FAC. If this passes, does it fall under the Ex-Pist Facto Plus case(s) currently being litigated?
Yes, it would
I sent the following to all senators via Passodomo and then BCC to the rest:
Please oppose Senate Bill 234.
This bill will redefine the meaning of “day” to include “part of any calendar day”.
This means that most registered citizens will automatically technically violate many times per year.
This is like walking through a tripwired maze or a minefield. The statute is strict liability, and the penalty for even the tiniest mistake is a third degree felony!
I, and others like me, made mistakes. We paid for our mistakes, and now we simply want to be left alone to go on with our lives.
Thank you.
Awsome, JJJJ. I contacted them too.
Very good JJ