Call to Action:  Dire Nursing Home Situation

Since this past March, Florida Action Committee members have been emailing all 160 Florida legislators, asking them to consider filing the following two bills: A Neurocognitive Impairment bill that would allow for dementia/brain injury that is medically documented to be considered in all aspects of the Florida criminal justice system, including probation and offender registrations, thereby preventing the inhumane treatment

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DeSantis signed bills creating new laws we need to be aware of.

Yesterday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a legislative package “aimed at cracking down on sexual predators, enhancing protections for children and vulnerable individuals, and addressing the growing threat of digital sexual exploitation.” One of the central pieces of the package is House Bill 777, which expands the scope of existing laws to make it a felony to lure or entice

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They are doing good work in Connecticut

Important and commendable work being done by advocates in Connecticut, who are pushing forward in the face of legislative setbacks to bring truth, fairness, and evidence-based reform to their state’s sex offense registry laws. An article published by Inside Investigator, titled “Connecticut Sex Offender Registry Reform Gets Stripped from Budget”, highlights the disappointing decision by state lawmakers to remove proposed

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Little known laws: Florida Statute 794.075 – Sexual predators; erectile dysfunction drugs

Here’s something that’s apparently been on the books for a while but we were not aware of: (1) A person may not possess a prescription drug, as defined in s. 499.003(40), for the purpose of treating erectile dysfunction if the person is designated as a sexual predator under s. 775.21. (2) A person who violates a provision of this section for the

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