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	Comments on: Florida sex offender law: Swimming pool rules spark debate	</title>
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	<description>Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws</description>
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		By: CherokeeJack		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75212</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CherokeeJack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75208&quot;&gt;tearfuleagle&lt;/a&gt;.

Tearful

Very sad. &quot;If you see a kid drowning in the pool, keep walking and hope he prayed up.&quot; I guess I would have to go to prison because if no one was around I would have to save the child, otherwise I would never sleep again thinking I could have saved a life.

The good news, I am not going to be around that scenario, so it is a moot situation. And yes, even if we do a good deed, it would be overridden by the story of a sex offender being around a kid pretending to save a child. No matter what we do save or walk away, neither is good. 

Vegas odds say no matter what we do, we end up on the news or in jail if we try and be a hero.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75208">tearfuleagle</a>.</p>
<p>Tearful</p>
<p>Very sad. &#8220;If you see a kid drowning in the pool, keep walking and hope he prayed up.&#8221; I guess I would have to go to prison because if no one was around I would have to save the child, otherwise I would never sleep again thinking I could have saved a life.</p>
<p>The good news, I am not going to be around that scenario, so it is a moot situation. And yes, even if we do a good deed, it would be overridden by the story of a sex offender being around a kid pretending to save a child. No matter what we do save or walk away, neither is good. </p>
<p>Vegas odds say no matter what we do, we end up on the news or in jail if we try and be a hero.</p>
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		By: tearfuleagle		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75208</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[tearfuleagle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75199&quot;&gt;dave&lt;/a&gt;.

best source on this is what FAC referred you to.  Here is my plain understanding of the bill.

Residency Part.

1.  Pre-2004 no residency restrictions
2. 2004 to 2026 if you live in the house you can stay.  But if you move, you can not live within 1000 ft of the bills mentioned places.
3. After 2026 you cannot live with in 1000 feet of the bills mentioned places.

Loitering and Prowling Changes: 500 feet now was 300 feet.

1.  Applies to all of us
2.  Nothing about being in a park, park building, playground (tbh not sure why we would be anyway)  Pools, Splash pads etc however, 
3.  If they are not family: do not look at them, do not nod to them, do not smile in their direction, do not hold the door open for them, and do not speak to them.  They are our Kryptonite.
4.  If you use a gym with a pool -- Ear buds in, music all the way up, and do not speak.
5. If you see a kid drowning in the pool, keep walking and hope he prayed up. Because if you save them, while you will be applauded by the masses, you will have put yourself in direct violation of the law.

FAC if i missed anything please add.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75199">dave</a>.</p>
<p>best source on this is what FAC referred you to.  Here is my plain understanding of the bill.</p>
<p>Residency Part.</p>
<p>1.  Pre-2004 no residency restrictions<br />
2. 2004 to 2026 if you live in the house you can stay.  But if you move, you can not live within 1000 ft of the bills mentioned places.<br />
3. After 2026 you cannot live with in 1000 feet of the bills mentioned places.</p>
<p>Loitering and Prowling Changes: 500 feet now was 300 feet.</p>
<p>1.  Applies to all of us<br />
2.  Nothing about being in a park, park building, playground (tbh not sure why we would be anyway)  Pools, Splash pads etc however,<br />
3.  If they are not family: do not look at them, do not nod to them, do not smile in their direction, do not hold the door open for them, and do not speak to them.  They are our Kryptonite.<br />
4.  If you use a gym with a pool &#8212; Ear buds in, music all the way up, and do not speak.<br />
5. If you see a kid drowning in the pool, keep walking and hope he prayed up. Because if you save them, while you will be applauded by the masses, you will have put yourself in direct violation of the law.</p>
<p>FAC if i missed anything please add.</p>
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		By: Curious		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75205</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Curious]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75112&quot;&gt;Warpath&lt;/a&gt;.

Warpath,

What stops you from visiting Key West or any other part of Florida? The new law does not say you can&#039;t visit places.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75112">Warpath</a>.</p>
<p>Warpath,</p>
<p>What stops you from visiting Key West or any other part of Florida? The new law does not say you can&#8217;t visit places.</p>
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		By: FAC Contributor #12		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75200</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[FAC Contributor #12]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75199&quot;&gt;dave&lt;/a&gt;.

See our previous article on this topic here:

https://floridaactioncommittee.org/notification-of-registrant-restriction-changes/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75199">dave</a>.</p>
<p>See our previous article on this topic here:</p>
<p><a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/notification-of-registrant-restriction-changes/" rel="ugc">https://floridaactioncommittee.org/notification-of-registrant-restriction-changes/</a></p>
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		By: dave		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75199</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[dave]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75143&quot;&gt;Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com&lt;/a&gt;.

I&#039;m still really confused about a few aspects of this bill...is there anyone that knows the innards of this bill that I could bounce my questions off, please?  Thank you ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75143">Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m still really confused about a few aspects of this bill&#8230;is there anyone that knows the innards of this bill that I could bounce my questions off, please?  Thank you </p>
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		By: tearfuleagle		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75198</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[tearfuleagle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75139&quot;&gt;screwed+over&lt;/a&gt;.

yeah I probably would  not do that.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75139">screwed+over</a>.</p>
<p>yeah I probably would  not do that.</p>
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		By: NoNamePlease		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75179</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[NoNamePlease]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The only hope for these people is to have the Supreme Court declare the registration unconstitutional. I hope that the new attorney will be able to do this. Axe murderers come out of prison and do not have a label, are not forbidden to go near a pool or splash pad. There are pedophiles and then there are hundreds of thousands of Sex Offenders. There is a difference and the law never seems to want to pay attention to the difference.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The only hope for these people is to have the Supreme Court declare the registration unconstitutional. I hope that the new attorney will be able to do this. Axe murderers come out of prison and do not have a label, are not forbidden to go near a pool or splash pad. There are pedophiles and then there are hundreds of thousands of Sex Offenders. There is a difference and the law never seems to want to pay attention to the difference.</p>
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		By: machiavelli		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-75163</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[machiavelli]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-75096&quot;&gt;Jacob&lt;/a&gt;.

When they are listed at being a part of the operation &quot;sting&quot; under ICAC, That agency gets part of the federal funding from the feds and now from FDLE so they get paid twice now.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-75096">Jacob</a>.</p>
<p>When they are listed at being a part of the operation &#8220;sting&#8221; under ICAC, That agency gets part of the federal funding from the feds and now from FDLE so they get paid twice now.</p>
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		By: Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75143</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[https://youtu.be/yjqTp-wkG-s?si=_uCXGtrBuRJxoxdV

Fox 13 Tampa Bay&#039;s YouTube channel has a full video and it has a very familiar face in it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://youtu.be/yjqTp-wkG-s?si=_uCXGtrBuRJxoxdV" rel="nofollow ugc">https://youtu.be/yjqTp-wkG-s?si=_uCXGtrBuRJxoxdV</a></p>
<p>Fox 13 Tampa Bay&#8217;s YouTube channel has a full video and it has a very familiar face in it.</p>
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		By: No end		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75141</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[No end]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75137&quot;&gt;tearfuleagle&lt;/a&gt;.

That&#039;s crazy we have to live that way. What a time to be alive.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/florida-sex-offender-law-swimming-pool-rules-spark-debate/comment-page-2/#comment-75137">tearfuleagle</a>.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s crazy we have to live that way. What a time to be alive.</p>
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