Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
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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 moreFAC Member | Commentary | September 27, 2026 For a veteran on the registry, finishing a sentence does not mean the restrictions are finished. Years later, the record can still turn up at a military gate, on a housing application, or during the search for a nursing home. A family trying to move forward finds itself explaining the same
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Read moreIn Florida, leaving the state does not necessarily mean leaving its registry behind. Florida’s law reaches people who establish even a temporary residence there, and once someone has registered, moving away or being released from registration elsewhere does not necessarily mean removal from Florida’s public website. Lindsey v. Swearingen explains why – the Constitution does not require Florida to adopt
Read moreIf anyone expected the machinery of enforcement to slow down while constitutional questions related to the registry are being litigated, the message coming out of Jackson County is unmistakable. It hasn’t. On September 23, FDLE announced that it had partnered with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Florida Department of Corrections and Homeland Security Investigations in a three-day operation targeting people
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