Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE | OPINION When Even a Pumpkin Is Too Much “Sex offenders and predators don’t get to celebrate.” That is the opening line of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Halloween message. Think about who hears those words: a spouse, a child, an entire household. In my opinion, telling a whole group of people they cannot decorate or celebrate is
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FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE · MEDIA BUZZ A follow-up to this week’s Weekly Update From the Capitol to the Parking Lot Who writes the rules—and who lives with them? “The designation of a person as a sexual offender is not a sentence or a punishment…” Florida Statutes §943.0435(12) · Sexual offenders This week’s FAC update describes a man sleeping outside when
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FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE Pawleys Island Update: One Case Ends, Others Remain Care for families. Clear facts. Fair treatment. By FAC Media | October 20, 2026 South Carolina Supreme Court in Columbia. Illustrative photo; not the court that issued this ruling. Photo: Abductive / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. For families touched by the registry, news like this can be hard to read.
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FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE MEDIA Tuesday’s Media Buzz: The Ripple Continues October 20, 2026 · News, context and community WATCH FIRST · PART 2 Nowhere to Go: When the Whole Family Carries the Weight Where can someone grow old when housing and care are out of reach? And what happens to the family trying to help? Watch Part 2 on YouTube
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FAC Media · Opinion & Research Nowhere to Go: When the Whole Family Carries the Weight Part Two · Survivors, Children, Families, and Meaningful Review By FAC Media · Hearing held October 6, 2026 Caring for survivors and caring for families are shared duties. People need safe housing, care, and room to heal. Part One looked at aging and barriers
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FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE · MEDIA BUZZ Law360 Reports on the Registry Challenge: Florida Action Committee’s Resolve By FAC Media · News update Federal courthouse in Tallahassee, photographed in 2011. Photo: Ebyabe / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Image unaltered. Florida and many cities and counties are asking a federal judge to throw out Florida Action Committee’s lawsuit over the registry
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