Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Even though Senate Bill 212 sailed through the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice (no surprises there), several individuals, including FAC members, showed up in Tallahassee to speak out against Senate Bill 212. You can watch the testimony here (SB 212 starts at timestamp 20:04 and ends at 39:48) https://www.flsenate.gov/media/VideoPlayer/5977
Read moreI woke up before dawn this morning and it was brutally cold. In the 40s. As I pulled my blanket tighter over me, I debated making the 10-second dash out of my comfortable bed to turn on the heat—something we rarely have to do in South Florida, but an option I had. My mind instantly went to the thousands of
Read moreHB 45 and SB 212 are dangerous, extreme, and counterproductive. SB 212 would banish more than 30,000 Floridians from “being” within 200 feet of a body of water and both bills would make 80% of Florida uninhabitable, displacing thousands of families from their homes and causing thousands to lose stable employment. These bills undermine public safety by increasing homelessness, instability,
Read moreThis 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,
Read moreTopic: 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,
Read moreYou 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.
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