Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Weekly update for September 29, 2026. This is recording number 392 Dear Members and Advocates, There have been several significant developments in our landmark constitutional challenge to Florida’s registration scheme, and this week brought perhaps the clearest indication yet that the Court intends to keep this case on an expedited path. The Court has now set Monday, November 8, 2027,
Read moreFLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE 📣 MEDIA TUESDAY #3 ⚡ THE BUZZ News • Media • Legal Developments • Ways to Take Action Tuesday, September 29, 2026 This week’s The Buzz brings together our newest media release, important Florida legal developments, our continuing declaration effort, the push toward 10,000 petition signatures, a new Florida child-protection enforcement filing, a national case to watch,
Read moreFAC Member | Commentary | September 27, 2026 For a veteran on the registry, finishing a sentence does not mean the restrictions are finished. Years later, the record can still turn up at a military gate, on a housing application, or during the search for a nursing home. A family trying to move forward finds itself explaining the same
Read moreWhen the Sentence Ends but the Career Does Not Recover What Deadliest Catch Can Teach Us About Employment After Conviction A criminal sentence can have a defined ending. The economic consequences often do not. The Discovery series Deadliest Catch offers an unusual case study in how criminal history, publicity, the nature of an offense, and employer discretion can affect a
Read moreUnder a proposed State Department policy, U.S. passport applicants would have to affirm that they are “not required to register” as sex offenders. If they are “required to register,” they would have to submit a “supplementary explanatory statement under oath.” The State Department says that change, which it announced in a Federal Register notice seeking public comment last month, is
Read moreAs presented by NBC News4 San Antonio Bruce Cameron, a sex offender treatment provider, says some registered persons have told him that doing prison was easy, but being on the registry is a life sentence. He is in favor of deregulating registered persons who are low risk. That way resources for law enforcement could be freed up to monitor
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