Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
A controversy over a registered sex offender attending a school dance in Kansas has led to Senate Bill 233, which aims to ban individuals on the sex offender registry from school property. While the intent to protect children is understandable, the bill unfairly punishes parents and stigmatizes their families, ignoring the fact that the individual in question was fully complying
Read moreSenate Bill 1697, is a proposed legislation advancing in the Oklahoma Senate that would mandate chemical castration for certain child sex offenders. Under the bill, individuals convicted of sex crimes against children under the age of 13 would be required to undergo chemical castration as a condition of parole. The treatment, which involves drugs to reduce testosterone and sexual urges,
Read moreThe Senate Friday took up and unanimously passed Sen. Linda Stewart’s “Miya’s Law” (SB 898) for the second time, this time with a late amendment message from the House that calls for a ban of rent-by-the-hour hotel and motel rooms. “Miya’s Law” would require apartment owners to conduct criminal background checks on employees who could enter apartments.
Read moreYesterday, Senator Ed Hooper filed SB 1932, which is a 100+ page bill making significant changes to the registry. We have not gone through the bill yet, but one glaring and very concerning change is that the State makes it more difficult to petition for removal and now requires that FDLE be noticed on every petition and FDLE plus the
Read moreSOURCE Earlier this year, the Florida Legislature enacted a requirement for nonpublic colleges, universities and schools. Effective July 1, 2014, all such institutions are required to inform employees and students at orientation and on the school’s website of the existence of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement sexual-predator-registry website and the toll-free telephone number that gives access to sexual predator
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