Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Florida Action Committee • FAC Media 📣 Friday Wrap-Up ⚡ Behind the Registry Headlines News • Research • Community • Ways to Take Action Friday, October 2, 2026 This week’s registry coverage brings another round of compliance arrests, a scam warning, and a court question about what it means to “knowingly” miss registration. Looking beyond the headlines matters. An arrest
Read moreThe California Governor signed a law requiring people convicted of serious sex crimes must be over 65 and have served 25 years before being eligible to apply for elderly parole. Some groups opposed, arguing that it will categorically prevent the release of many who have actually rehabilitated themselves, but the bill was signed into law anyhow.
Read moreA new article in Ms. Magazine examines the controversy surrounding North Carolina Republican politics and the association between candidates and Harvey West, a former Republican Party official who was convicted of crimes involving children, served his sentence, and was subsequently removed from the state’s sex-offender registry. The article raises questions about whether political figures should be judged for associating with
Read moreThe arrest of a man in Wisconsin highlights the absurdity of a new law that is turning homelessness into the trigger for electronic surveillance. The man is accused of violating the state’s new GPS-monitoring law that requires anyone on the registry who is homeless to be put on a GPS ankle monitor. Regardless of whether they are on probation or
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 moreApparently one Illinois lawmaker has invented a time machine that would prevent sexual crimes that had not yet taken place. She’s sponsored legislation to address a registry “loophole” and she’s citing the examples of two teachers arrested for sex crimes within a week of each other. The only problem is, she can’t explain how her magic crystal ball time machine
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