Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
House Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Committee Meeting for HB 1085, March 27, 2023 Video from the Florida Action Committee YouTube Channel (Subscribe for updates) is embedded below. It can also be viewed on YouTube. Pay careful attention to what Maney says at around the 3:20 mark. Watch here or on YouTube.
Read moreThis Call To Action has been SUPERSEDED. Comments are now disabled. CLICK HERE FOR THE NEW CALL TO ACTION (NOTE: Rep email addresses have been fixed. 3/31) Major Concerns About This Bill: This is the Senate companion bill to HB 1085, which is moving through the House committees. SB 1252 would require “SEXUAL PREDATOR” and “943.0435” to be printed in
Read moreThis Call To Action has been SUPERSEDED. Comments are now disabled. CLICK HERE FOR THE NEW CALL TO ACTION Major Concerns About This Bill: The bill states that all driver’s licenses and identification cards for people on the registry “shall have printed in the color red all information otherwise required to be printed on the front of the license or identification card.” This
Read moreSandy Rozek, communications director for NARSOL, has written another one of her insightful articles, but much of the material she had to draw from is upsetting. There is a segment of our society that feels that anyone who has committed a sex crime is fair game for killing; these cold-blooded killers are praised by some for the horrific crimes they
Read moreAs reported by the Warwick Beacon, the chief of the Warwick Police Department “gets it”, as he says, “The elimination of residency restrictions for Level III sex offenders does not pose a danger to students at local schools.” Chief Bradford Connor goes on to say, “I do not believe that the elimination of the 1,000-foot law will add any more
Read moreOne of the most discouraging aspects of the fight against registries is the lack of allies. Civil rights movements do not succeed without the broad support of citizens and organizations. Few injustices have been made right through the sole efforts of victims. The need to recruit powerful and committed allies against registries is a matter of urgency. Nobody needs to
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