CALL TO ACTION-STOP LAUREN BOOK’S AMENDMENTS TO SB 1252
URGENT CALL TO ACTION – STOP LAUREN BOOK’S AMENDMENTS ON FLUORESCENT GREEN LICENSE PLATES AND RED LETTERING ON DRIVER’S LICENSES
SB 1252 HAS BEEN RETAINED ON THE SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR WITH FIVE PENDING AMENDMENTS, INCLUDING THREE FROM LEADER BOOK.
AT THE POSTING OF THIS CALL TO ACTION, SB 1252 HAS NOT BEEN ADDED TO ANY OF THE FOUR SPECIAL ORDER CALENDARS FOR MAY 1 & 2, BUT THAT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME.
Major Concerns:
- Amendments filed by Senator Lauren Book for SB 1252: The department shall assign a distinctive, fluorescent green license plate to vehicles owned, leased or operated by persons who are designated as sexual predators under s. 775.21 11 or are subject to registration as sexual offenders under s. 943.0435 or s. 944.607, or who have a similar designation or are subject to a similar registration under the laws of another jurisdiction. Such person must display the distinctive, fluorescent green license plate on any vehicle owned, leased, or operated by him or her as required in subsection (1), and may not disguise or obscure the plate.
- The sponsor of SB 1252, Senator DeCeglie, filed an amendment to the bill that would remove the red lettering on the driver’s licenses. Senator Book filed an amendment to put the red lettering back into the bill AFTER DeCeglie filed his amendment. Book is fighting to keep the red lettering in SB 1252.
- Senator Book continues to push legislation that would punish people with a past sex offense after they have served out their sentence. Is she using her office to seek revenge for what her nanny did to her?
PLEASE Do the Following:
- Email or call the 40 senators (or as many as you can).
- Let the Senators know that you OPPOSE the fluorescent green coloring of the license plates that Senator Book has proposed in her amendments, along with the red lettering on the front of driver’s licenses.
- Ask the Florida Senators to vote YES on Senator DiCeglie’s amendment to SB 1252 that would remove the red lettering language and vote NO on Senator Book’s amendments that include the red lettering on the front of driver’s licenses and florescent green license plates.
- Ask family members and friends to also contact the senators to OPPOSE Book’s amendments.
Talking Points:
- According to FDLE, there are already 63 registry requirement violations that could land someone back in prison, making people on the Florida sex offense registry regulated to the point that the Florida registry has become excessively punitive. Adding the red lettering on the driver’s licenses and the fluorescent green license plates will be the tipping point that will bring the registry down in the courts.
- Should legislators, such as Lauren Book with an obvious vendetta, be able to create policy to target a particular population?
- Why is Lauren Book refusing to talk to reporters? What is she afraid of?
- https://cw34.com/news/local/south-florida-senator-proposes-marked-license-distinctive-fluorescent-plates-for-registered-sex-offenders-florida-action-committee-requires-licenses-of-registered-sex-offenders-in-the-state-to-have-the-words-sexual-offender-written-in-red-april-28-2023
- https://nbc-2.com/news/state/2023/04/27/florida-sex-offenders-could-be-required-to-have-special-colored-license-plates/
- Other states have tried to legislate the green license plates and failed to do so (Ohio, Alabama, and Wisconsin). Why does Florida want to be infamous as the state for being the most unconstitutional state in the United States?
- Why does Florida want to go down a path to place targets on the backs of children and families with the green license plates just because a family member made a bad decision in the past for which they have already paid their debt to society?
- Why does Florida want to deliberately and blatantly ignore all of the research which clearly shows none of these policies have done anything to increase public safety?
- Lauren Book’s amendments will have registrants along with their spouse or significant other, teenage sons and daughters, and others driving with a target on their backs for vigilantes to come after them in a way that this country has never seen before.
- Lauren Book’s red lettering on the driver’s licenses has been declared unconstitutional in the Louisiana and Alabama court cases.
Emails and Phone Numbers for Florida Senators:
| Senator | Phone | |
| 1. Ben Albritton | albritton.ben.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5027 |
| 2. Bryan Avila | avila.bryan.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5039 |
| 3. Dennis Baxley | baxley.dennis.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5013 |
| 4. Lori Berman | berman.lori.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5026 |
| 5. Lauren Book | book.lauren.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5035 |
| 6. Jim Boyd | boyd.jim.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5020 |
| 7. Jennifer Bradley | bradley.jennifer.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5006 |
| 8. Jason Brodeur | brodeur.jason.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5010 |
| 9. Doug Broxson | broxson.doug.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5001 |
| 10. Danny Burgess | burgess.danny.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5023 |
| 11. Colleen Burton | burton.colleen.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5012 |
| 12. Alexis Calatayud | calatayud.alexis.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5038 |
| 13. Jay Collins | collins.jay.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5014 |
| 14. Tracie Davis | davis.tracie.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5005 |
| 15. Nick DiCeglie | diceglie.nick.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5018 |
| 16. Ileana Garcia | garcia.ileana.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5036 |
| 17. Erin Grall | grall.erin.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5029 |
| 18. Joe Gruters | gruters.joe.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5022 |
| 19. Gayle Harrell | harrell.gayle.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5031 |
| 20. Ed Hooper | hooper.ed.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5021 |
| 21. Travis Hutson | hutson.travis.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5007 |
| 22. Blaise Ingoglia | ingoglia.blaise.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5011 |
| 23. Shevrin Jones | jones.shevrin.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5034 |
| 24. Jonathan Martin | martin.jonathan.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5033 |
| 25. Debbie Mayfield | mayfield.debbie.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5019 |
| 26. Rosalind Osgood | osgood.rosalind.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5032 |
| 27. Kathleen Passidomo | passidomo.kathleen.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5028 |
| 28. Keith Perry | perry.keith.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5009 |
| 29. Jason Pizzo | pizzo.jason.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5037 |
| 30. Tina Scott Polsky | polsky.tina.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5030 |
| 31. Bobby Powell | powell.bobby.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5024 |
| 32. Ana Maria Rodriguez | rodriguez.anamaria.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5040 |
| 33. Darryl Rouson | rouson.darryl.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5016 |
| 34. Corey Simon | simon.corey.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5003 |
| 35. Linda Stewart | stewart.linda.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5017 |
| 36. Geraldine Thompson | thompson.geraldine.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5015 |
| 37. Victor Torres | torres.victor.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5025 |
| 38. Jay Trumbull | trumbull.jay.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5002 |
| 39. Tom Wright | wright.tom.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5008 |
| 40. Clay Yarborough | yarborough.clay.web@flsenate.gov | (850) 487-5004 |
Every email/call gets heard and tallied. Every respectful conversation with a staffer is an excellent opportunity to change a mind about our community with someone who has direct contact with a lawmaker. YOUR EFFORTS DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Many of you people in Florida are doing a good job trying to handle this ordeal. This florescent license plate deal is a bit unusual in calling out sex offenders. Whether its Florida’s Government or any other government its a type of branding. Sure actions speak louder than words but FAC and many understand this oppression that is on many and is so wrong. Its more of an harassment and an underpinning and very unjust. This florescent is more of governments greed and a type of castration.
When government stops using wicked measures and makes up there own ticket that is no good for any government in any of the 50 states. so where does that leave principal.
And I was just watching the news and Ron DeSantis was signing a new bill to execute sex offenders. None of us want kids hurt but the rules of the bill state that the child doesn’t have to die for the person to be put to death.
HB 1297, a bill allowing for execution of rapists of children under the age of 12 without jury unanimity, targets “very heinous sex crimes committed against children under the age of 12 years old,” DeSantis said.
I will make this prediction.
Since under the Jessica lungsford act ,sex batt or attempt on someone under 12 is a “ capital felony “ although not punishable by death it won’t take long before this and any other “capital felony “ that as of now are not punishable by death will be.
The bigger the soap box…well, you know…
Florida has a few very powerful politicians who appear to enjoy the company of young ladies and get away with it, and they push through the laws that they hope will never touch them even as guilty as they are.
I wish there were strict laws against “very heinous political, social, and emotional crimes committed against children under the age of 12 years old.”
What is the situation with the one day reporting of temp. residence? Have not heard anything about that for a while.
If we end up with a 24 hour vacation stay with a 24 hour registration rule, here is my thought:
A few RSOs and families research and study a Florida family tour that visits 7 towns in 7 days. Maybe we could even have a tour bus with a NON RSO driving in the convoy. 🙂
We all check into our rooms, hopefully in decent resorts or quality tourist destinations. Soon as we check in, we go to the local registration place and check in for the night. Of course we have a scout already there that can verify they are open before we book our spaces.
We all meet and have a nice dinner, reservations previously made and making contact. Some go out dancing later, others chill by the pool or go to sleep in their unit.
We all get up, enjoy a nice breakfast and go to the Sheriff before we check out of the hotel or resort. Imagine checking out of the hotel, losing your room, and discovering the registration place is closed for the day!
Once checked out of the County, we check out of the hotel.
“Hope you come back in again! You were the best group we’ve ever had here!”
Oh yes, we’ll be back for sure. LOL
Next town, be ready! 🙂
You mean Florida Doe vs Swearingen Ex po Facto II ?
The 11th Court sent it back to the lower court for trial.
Good News – pretrial date set by 05/22/2023
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/38167792/doe_v_SWEARINGEN
3 weeks away. It could still be pushed back.
SB 1252 / HB 1085 has been postponed again for today.
I thought SB 1252 was withdrawn ?
A few months ago, I was driving on 436 in Altamonte Springs. I was behind an SUV that had a large window sticker that said, “Kill all sex predators.”
It’s one thing to make me drive with a green license plate. But my wife would also have to, and she has not done anything to deserve this. And what happens when one of those vigilantes see her on her motorcycle. With a full-face helmet, they wouldn’t know who is riding it.
As others on here have already said, this is not for the safety of the community, because our spouses and children would have to drive vehicles with green plates. It won’t make our communities safer; it will make them mush more dangerous. The people who need to know we are on the registry already have that information; this is nothing but punishment.
To even think of pushing this kind of extremely dangerous bill is reckless and foolish. And I would think that the first innocent person driving with a green plate who gets killed for having that plate would open the state up for one heck of a lawsuit.
WHL
About 4 months ago I saw one in Lake county on the back windshield of a pickup truck and the sticker said “Kill your local predator”. As I passed them, they turned into a gun store.
I do not think any of us want kids being hurt, but most of these wackos have no connection to anyone who sexually battered, they just want to justify hurting someone who they think no one would care if they were hurt or killed.
Hey Cherokee when I see trucks or cars with stickers like that ( I see a lot of them in Polk co ). It makes me think we should all get together and push for tougher laws against sex with farm animals to protect them from those inbread idiots .
Are you all still seeing SB 1252 on the calendar for today? I saw the comment and looked at both the special order calendars for today (and tomorrow, and the next day) and I’m not seeing it on there. I don’t want to get excited in case it’s there and I’m missing it.
Yes, still on the calendar for May 1
https://www.flsenate.gov/Home/05-01-2023?Tab=SenateFloor