Governor Scott signs Sex Offender Bill (HB 1301) into Law
Add 2018 to the list of years in which the sex offender registry became more onerous and restrictive (and punitive). Governor Rick Scott signed HB 1301/SB 1226 into law.
CS/HB 1301/SB 1226 Sexual Offenders and Predators – This bill enhances registration requirements for sexual offenders and sexual predators. It shortens the time that a registrant is required to register a residence (even temporary) from 5 days to 3 days and it imposes a 6 month mandatory minimum community control sentence with GPS monitoring for any technical registration violation.
The registry is NOTHING like it was in 2003 when the Supreme Court of the United States agreed that it was no more onerous than a price club membership application.
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In florida can a registered step parent live in the same house with a minor as long as the minors legal guardian is in the same house
Yes. So long as there are no probation conditions preventing it.
Good afternoon ya’ll . I hope your day is going well.
Mine on the other hand, i am sitting here lost not knowing where to start. So i am trying to purchase a home and i am in orlando, i have my very long time love come home in about a year and 3 months, so that is why i am trying to settle right now. Do you have any real estate contacts who have dealt with residency and all, i am looking at the market and i can find something in osceola county but not familiar with their sherrifs or surroundings and all. I would want to stay in orange county, but anything i can find affordable is in such not preferred neighborhoods, can you please please help in any way? Because i do not know hwat would be the best county for him and all. Osceola county says see below: (he is labeled a predator but his “victim” was over 20. I am not sure about a straight line, do they mean literally?
It is prohibited and unlawful for any person who is required by Florida law to register as a sexual predator, or who has been convicted of a violation of F.S. § 794.011 [1], 800.04 , 827.071 , or 847.0145 , regardless of whether adjudication has been withheld, in which the victim of the offense for which conviction resulted was sixteen (16) years of age or less at the time the offense was committed, to establish a permanent residence or temporary residence within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of any school, day care center, park, playground, designated public school bus stop, public library, church or other place of religious assembly, or other place where children regularly congregate, regardless of whether the school, day care center, park, playground, designated school bus stop, public library, or church or other place of religious assembly lies within unincorporated Osceola County.(b)For purposes of determining the minimum distance separation, the requirement shall be measured following a straight line for the outer property line of the permanent or temporary residence to the nearest property line of a school, day care center, park, playground, designated public school bus stop, public library, church or other place where children regularly congregate.
I could use the same information for Orange Park (Clay County). I am trying to work on an exemption through an attorney so that we can stay in our home, but if I do not get it, I will be doing the same thing–only I will have to buy a home and move before this coming February and the earliest we will get before a judge is December. Does anyone know of a good realtor?
Lina, I am no expert on the law, but by buying a home so early before his release, you could run into a problem if someone acquires a day care license in their home within the prohibited residency restriction after you purchase the home and before he is released. I would check with your probation office on everything before making any final decisions.
I see what you mean. Check sex offender residency ordinance for Orange park, clay county. Are you renting now? I have just been so stressed with all of this, i am trying to make sure he has somewhere to come to, but they are making it so difficult, each county each city has different requirements , Orlando is the simplest from what i have researched, but homes here are so expensive, and going with one income wont get me far. Osceola county literally says you have to go by a straight line to calculate the 2500 ft. What’s annoying is that his offense isn’t even on a child. I even looked up states we could move to, but can’t find anything
At municode.com I have never found any county or town ordinances for Clay County. That includes Orange Park, Green Cove Springs, Middleburg and Keystone Heights. I forgot to check on Penny Farms. But from what I have found out, all of Clay County goes by the state statutes. But I always tell everyone to not go by what I say. There are some members of FAC that know a lot more than I do, and hopefully they will speak up if they have some information on this. I have also found that the probation office is a good place to start. They are very unfriendly and definitely do not want us contacting them, but they will answer your questions. Being really nice to them, smiling, being patient with them, and thanking them for their help seems to relax their demeanor somewhat.
We own our home. It is in a low-income area which is the perfect place for us to be. There are 12 people in our neighborhood who are on the registry. I have never known of any who have caused problems, but I cannot say that about some other people in our neighborhood.
I can relate to everything that you have said. If someone had all of the rules laid out for us at one place, it would make life so much easier. Just to get my husband home in February, I have 8 counties to take him through to get back to Clay County. He will be wearing a GPS tracker. Could we unintentionally violate some county’s ordinance? Can we take a bathroom break?
Your 2500-foot resisdency restriction concerns me. I cannot imagine how you will find a place to live there. I think the straight-line measurement from closest boundary to closest boundary is applicable throughout the state of Florida.
The officer that my husband will register with said that Florida is one of the worst states to live in for being on the registry. I have read some good things about Kansas, but do not know for sure. Some states have no resisdency restrictions. Again there are members of FAC who know a lot more than I do, and hopefully they will chime in with what they know.
On the positive side, there are members of FAC that have been able to navigate all of this and would tell you that things will get better for you. Not trying to proselytize here, but I have committed all to God and will go through the doors He opens and stay away from the doors He does not open for me.
Sarah, I wish I could help you but not living in Clay County it is difficult to say what is needed. The advice to contact the probation office is probably the best advice since each county has its own rules.
What if you the woman owns her own home and married a sexual predator in Clay County/ Orange Park Florida will they be able to live with her or will she have to sell her home?
This law is not in Florida.
According to the language of the statute “victim 16 or under and your claim that his victim was over 20, would suggest the restriction found in s775.215 would not apply in your instance.
That’s the state statute Orange County has its own ordinance whether or not it applies to your situation you’ll need to find out. Perhaps some on this blog could better provide guidance.