Call To Action: Oppose Senate Bill 540
We are calling on members to contact Florida Senators and encourage them to OPPOSE SENATE BILL 540.
SB 540 was introduced by Senator Lauren Book and is dubbed the “Human Trafficking Bill”. Among recent changes to the bill is the creation of a “Soliciting for Prostitution Registry”.
As SWOP Behind Bars (an organization that provides resources to incarcerated sex workers) pointed out to Senator Book; “Don’t put the legislature in jeopardy of having to apologize to dead and starving sex workers for putting their clients on a prostitution registry. Registries of all kinds are harmful and ruin lives forever.“
We’ve written previously about this absurd bill. It will be heard by the Community Affairs committee, tomorrow, 03/12/19, at 4:00 pm, so we are calling on members to speak out AGAINST REGISTRIES OF ALL KIND!
- Visit: https://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/ to find your State Senator
- Contact them and ask them to OPPOSE SB 540 and abolish all registries!
If you want to contact the Community Affairs Committee, the senators involved are:
- Chair:
- Senator Anitere Flores (R)
- Vice Chair:
- Senator Gary M. Farmer, Jr. (D)
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Like I said……..
“3/12/2019 Senate CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0”
http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/00540
I can understand the bitterness and anger by being on the Registry myself. But do we really need anyone registry? I read this comments posted here How can anybody want to inflict cruelty upon another person by wanting this? Hasn’t there been enough lives destroyed? I would not want this for anyone even the worst person out there deserves redemption.
I was a death-row orderly while at Union Correction on Close Mangerment I watch the most harden people break down and cry and have been told by them they did not mean to take another life. Talking to these Men made me change my behavior I felt God Had me there for that reason Every One Deserves forgiveness.
Abolished the Registry and Don’t make new ones!!!
Who’s Trafficking Who?
Payers or the payee?