Legislative

This doesn’t necessarily impact people already on the registry, but today the Florida Legislature filed SB 760 — the “Victim Safety in Pretrial Release Act.” On its face the bill is described as strengthening protections for victims. But under the hood, it creates a brand-new criminal offense for what were previously “conditions of pretrial release” — such as no-contact orders,

Topic: Oppose CS/HB 45 and SB 212 – Expanding Florida’s Sex Offender Residency Restrictions to Waterways and Pools Background: Florida legislators are considering House Bill 45 and Senate Bill 212, which would expand existing 1,000-foot residency restrictions to include public swimming pools and public bathing places, such as lakes, rivers, and coastal waters. While intended as a public safety measure,

You can watch testimony on HB 45 before the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee at the following link: https://flhouse.gov/VideoPlayer.aspx?eventID=10639 The relevant portion begins at approximately 7:30 SINCERE APPRECIATION goes out to our Legislative Subcommittee for helping to organize members who wished to speak.

Today at 1:30 PM, several members will be appearing, in person, at the Florida House of Representatives Criminal Justice Subcommittee Meeting to speak out against HB 45, which seeks to add “Public Swimming Pools” and “Public Bathing Areas” to the already onerous State 1000 foot sex offender residency restriction. Staff analysis of the Bill notes that, “the bill may have

An amendment was filed in House Bill 45. This is the bill that we have been following and which proposes to add public pools and public bathing areas to the state’s residency restriction statute. Likely in response to the efforts of our legislative team and many of you who have contacted your lawmakers, it seems nobody will have to move

After posting yesterday’s Call to Action, we received a lot of comments (on our posts, in phone calls, and in email) from members who are confused as to whether House Bill 45 and Senate Bill 212 will apply to them. To try to simplify things, here’s how it breaks down: HB 45 and Senate Bill 212 would ban certain people