DeSantis signed bills creating new laws we need to be aware of.
Yesterday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a legislative package “aimed at cracking down on sexual predators, enhancing protections for children and vulnerable individuals, and addressing the growing threat of digital sexual exploitation.”
One of the central pieces of the package is House Bill 777, which expands the scope of existing laws to make it a felony to lure or entice any child under the age of 14 from a home, vehicle, or other structure. It also removes common defenses, such as claims of not knowing the child’s true age. What was once treated as a misdemeanor offense will now result in a felony charge, with harsher penalties for repeat offenders.
Another major reform was House Bill 1351. Registrants must now report detailed employment information, such as their job role and place of business, and notify law enforcement of any travel or residence change within 48 hours. The law also mandates more frequent in-person verification of addresses—annually for offenders and every 90 days for predators. Note that most of these are already in place.
House Bill 1455 directly targets repeat sexual offenders by imposing mandatory minimum prison sentences. Under this law, individuals with prior convictions who commit new sexual offenses are no longer eligible for early release—unless through limited exceptions like medical release or a pardon. Judges must impose sentences that meet or exceed the minimum term, even if it surpasses the statutory maximum (TBD how that plays out for anyone receiving that sentence).
And finally another law named after someone. “Brooke’s Law” (House Bill 1161), which confronts the misuse of artificial intelligence to create sexually explicit deepfake images.
One bill, Senate Bill 1804, did not get signed but will in the coming day, introduces a new capital felony for human trafficking offenses involving children under 12 or individuals who are mentally incapacitated. Convictions under this statute can result in life imprisonment or the death penalty.
Overall, while it’s a really harsh year for people who commit sexual offenses, we’re not committing sex offenses, so there shouldn’t be much to worry about here.
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KT
Where does it say that it will be public? A basic background check would reveal any arrest history for hiring people. The statute indicates registry of current employment. Not the hiring process.
Ep
It’s harassment disguised as law. I can understand two visits from the sheriff’s office in a year for address verification. I’m presuming those occur during a registrant’s renewal months. Probation is a different set of circumstances. But otherwise it’s a waste of government resources and time and therefore harassment.
@EP
I have 4 times a year reporting. Have had to do that since 1997 when the registry came out. My crime was in 1991 and was in my 20s. Now 60 years old.
And if you have any changes, even more visits. I was speaking with one guy who was registering, and he said he is homeless and has to walk 3 hours each way to get to register. Since he is homeless, I heard the deputy tell him he was required to come in once a week.
That is a Hell of a lot of walking in the Florida heat. When I got outside, I looked for him to offer him a ride, but he was already gone.
Cherokee
Good job
CherokeeJack….is there a Numerical Codified Statutory Law in Florida that mandates you to Sign a form when they verify your address.
If they make you sign something it must align itself with a Numerical Codified Statute(with a Number) as designated by the Flori-DUH Legislature
There does not seem to be one…..let me know what you find
https://floridaactioncommittee.org/member-submission-signing-a-paper-at-address-verification/
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FAC #12
Thanks for that, I would not have been able to answer CJ’s question.
One question that I have is whether or not employment information would be made public? I would not trust law enforcement to keep such information private. But I don’t know if posting such information to the FDLE website has any benefits for the public. Certainly not for registrants.
If I receive a promotion from my employer, I guess I am required to register that?
mr BWJ
It will be Public and absolutely must be Public. As a person who deals with HR issues, we appreciate this tool.
It’s really useless because all someone needs to see if someone is on the registry is their name. Someone comes to do work on your home you already know where they work. If you wanted to find out if said person is on the registry, just get their name. This is all political theatre.
I am honestly confused as to the definition of in State travel residence. I have not found the definition to it and that is disconcerting.
James
I think you can travel anywhere
Apologies for FAC, here. Here’s a rewrite:
Yesterday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed another money-siphoning bill that hides its real purpose of sucking taxpayer money under the guise of “helping children and some other crap.”
To further the belief that the boogeyman and creepos are snatching kids up in vans, House Bill 777 makes luring, enticing, alien abduction, teleportation, and using giant bouncing unicycles to kidnap any child under the age of 14 from any solid, liquid, gas, plasma, or Bose-Einstein condensate a felony. A child lying to say that they’re 22 is still no defense. Children and shopkeepers will be charged with a “that’s naughty, don’t do it again, wink-wink-nudge-nudge” verbal memo for any alcoholic, tobacco, firearm, explosives, drug, or hitman purchases. Unless the shopkeeper’s an RSO, then they get another fat felony.
House Bill 1351 demands a constant diary of one’s life; failure to detail everything, including biological functions, is a felony; also, showing anything considered private is a felony. Registrants must now report how many steps they’ve taken for work; once the gulag in the Everglades is in place, having fit slaves, er “civil commitment patients” is paramount! All new roles at one’s employment must be notified within 5 minutes; and Betty WILL GTFO her fatazz and answer the phone this time! And if Betty doesn’t pick up and get slaves, er RSOs’ information updated within 10 minutes of the change will face…you guessed it, another felony charge! Since finding a LEO in Florida is like finding candy at Willy Wonka factory, they’re now going to waste more taxpayer money, er, do the time-honored privilege of checking more in-person verification of addresses—annually for offenders and every 90 days for predators. Only the most angry, anal, caffeine, sleep, and food-deprived (“the condition”) law enforcement officers will be chosen to do their minimum 10% RSO arrests, er RSO address checks.
Repeat sexual offenders, meaning anyone that stares at a screen more than once, now get mandatory minimum prison sentences. Under this law, individuals with prior convictions who commit new sexual offenses are no longer eligible for early release—unless through limited exceptions like medical release or a pardon. However, since our lord and savior DeSantis will never issue a pardon to a filthy sexxxx o-ffender, ick, ick, and even near-death calamities won’t be enough for medical release, they’re just SOL. Judges must impose sentences that meet or exceed the minimum term, even if it surpasses the statutory maximum. Failure to do so will mandate the judge to abide by “the condition” and do a week of RSO checks as penance.
“Brooke’s Law” (House Bill 1161) now bans AI from creating sexually explicit deepfake images. But anyone caught will be charged as if they own a Thai child brothel.
Senate Bill 1804 introduces a new capital felony for human trafficking offenses involving children under 12 or individuals who are mentally incapacitated. Both the child and perp convicted under this statute can receive life imprisonment or the death penalty.
@MB
They are creating a points system. For each violation you get a point. Once you have surpassed 50 points, you can cash them in for a free vacation at the Department of corrections luxury resorts. Extended stays are encouraged.
On a side note, imagine how many crimes law enforcement could stop if they were actually patrolling for crimes and not for registry violations that do not exist except in their mind.
cher
he is baaaaaaaaack
@K
In my defense, I take a LOT of medications. No mental health meds, meds to keep me alive. I did not get hardly any medical treatment while in prison and because of that, I almost died. I have never been the same since. My monthly medications cost over $500,000 a year.
I have medical from social security but what a joke that is. Some months I have to go without because Medicare refuses to pay sometimes and have to file for humanitarian aid assistance but that process can take months to be approved.
Shame sometimes you have to decide to eat or buy medications. Going without either can be a death sentence. My faith in God sustains me, so His will be done.
Cher
Half a Mil medical bill,thats way to excessive? How come you dint get medical attention in prison? I was treated good.
K
The prison told my parents they do not pay for certain drugs. They did though after my parents called and threatened them with a lawsuit, to move me to a medical facility and even though I did not get much help even there, the one thing that was amazing, the medical unit had A/C. Before that in the dorms it was so hot, everyone walked around in their underwear while the guards watched us from their air-conditioned sally ports.
If the heat didn’t kill you, the food might. I kept thinking they were putting too much salt in the potatoes and when I asked one of the kitchen workers, he said it was not salt but sand, as the potatoes were rinsed lightly and that was it.
Cherokee
I spent 14 of my 17 months in the kitchen cutting vegetables. If the Gulf’s kitchen were a legitimate restaurant, the sheer number of health violations would have been staggering.
@BWJ
There is a tried and true saying that goes “What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger”.
Prison did that for me. I hated it, but it was live or die every day. I say things I could not imagine. One time I a guard was harassing a guy because he was high lighting his Bible. They took the guys markers away and sent him to lock up.
I understand rules but the guy was not bother anyone and he was one of the most liked guy in the dorm.
Even more odd, one guard would come play cards with us, while others came and torn up our beds looking for contraband. I was more afraid of the guards than the other inmates. I got left alone by the inmates when I challenged the biggest guy on the yard to a bench press. I knew he could beat me at it as he was as big as Mike Tyson.
He put 200lbs of weights on and told me he would leave me alone if I could bench it once. I lifted it 6 times without help and he left me alone after that with respect.
I have a home gym in one of my bedrooms. Not as strong as I use to be but still try to do what I can as I have lots of medical issues but not throwing in the towel anytime soon.
Well did plenty of Kitchen Duties…Chicken days were always a popular day to suit case the chicken back to the dorm..One time a fellow inmate strapped about 30 chicken halves on his body and they plastic wrapped him and then put on his winter coat-we got winter coats there….
Another time was a hot DOG eating contest…ONe dude ate 58 hot dogs and he didn’t die or anything; never even saw him puke; though, not as many as Joey Chestnut
-The head of the chow hall was shacking up with a CO…
@CJ
LOL now I know why they were always running out of food.
Bwj
It ain’t no 5 Michellin star eatery
K
It’s not even a Howard Johnson. I never expected the food to be great. But we served moldy food at times. The insect activity was horrendous and the food was rarely served at food safe temperature.
Bwj
Why didn’t they sent Pest control to spray?
K
They did send in pest control. I think that the roaches were immune to the pesticides.
@BWJ
The prison I was at, the Cockroaches were the soup of the day LOL
I think breakfast was the only meal they didn’t mess up. But that might have been because we had to get up so early, we were half asleep and didn’t remember what we ate LOL
The nicest guy in the prison was the inmate who ran the canteen. He always smiled and treated everyone right. When my parents came to visit, I always told them how nice he was and even offered to buy him something but he always refused.
Not everyone in prison were jerks. I remember the great ones and the really bad ones. The ones who stayed in shadows, no one remembers and probably a good thing for them.
When I was sent to prison, I was just turning 28 but looked 16. And yeah, I got a lot of guys trying to hit on me but I was able to hold my own and laugh it off.
The two longest rides of my life were heading to the prison and coming back home after release. Wasn’t the miles that made it long, it was the fear heading in and the unbelief when I was finally sent back home.
(Darn I sound like John Boy Walton writing his memoires LOL)
Cherokee
So you got sick from eating sandy potatoes 🥔
K
Please show some respect for the man and others here. There was no need for that quip.
I respect Cher a lot,just simple question. Don’t instigate bwj
@K
You keep calling me Cher. I wish I had her money. I don’t think I look good in Heels.
Did you ever make pruno?
@K
No. I was sick so alcohol would make it worse. Plus I did not want to get more prison time, wouldn’t trust someone in prison who made something in a jar. Only once ever saw anyone make it.
Cherokee
You’re hilarious 😂
LOL !! Now I do understand it better !!
When does HB 1351 (the employment one) go into effect?
CS/HB 1351 –
Registration of Sexual Predators and Sexual Offenders
Registration of Sexual Predators and Sexual Offenders: Revises reporting requirements for sexual predators; revises requirements for an online reporting system; revises verification requirements; revises reporting requirements for sexual offenders revising verification requirements.
Effective Date: October 1, 2025
Last Event: Chapter No. 2025-134 on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 9:33 AM
So I am confused on 1351. My guy already comes to the house twice a year so does that mean he will only come once a year now? Also we already have to report employment address so what is the change?