Florida lawmakers just voted to create a public registry of people caught paying or attempting to pay for sex.
After an initial defeat in the Florida House of Representatives, the registry—arguably the worst part of a new Florida crime bill capitalizing on human-trafficking propaganda—was revived and reinserted before the measure’s passage in the Florida Senate. The final version, approved last week, creates a database of convicted prostitution customers, targets strip clubs, and mandates that a slew of state workers and businesses jump through new hoops to accommodate a few politicians’ latest attempt to get their names in the press.
As the Florida Senate’s Committee on Community Affairs stated, the new registry “will collect and centralize information relating to those convicted of soliciting prostitution, regardless of whether the person subject to the solicitation is a victim of human trafficking or not.”
The Soliciting for Prostitution Public Database will list anyone who has been convicted of, or plead guilty, to “soliciting, inducing, enticing, or procuring another to commit prostitution, lewdness, or assignation.” The legislation specifies that the database should include a person’s name, photograph, address, and offense. Listed people who go five years without a subsequent offense could have their names removed.
“This isn’t creating a list of bad or dangerous clients; it’s just a list of clients who got caught by the police,”
How about a new registry for public stupidity? I think it is gravely needed to alert the “good” people of Florida about opportunistic morons and I suggest “professional victim” and all around waste of space Senator Lauren Book for the first registrant.
Keeping it in the family (as stupidity tends to run in families) Ron Book is clearly the next for this registry (although he is also being considered for the DUI registry currently being “brainstormed”).
So let the registration begin and welcome to the perks of being registered – such as being constantly monitored, harassed, stereotyped, marginalized, abused, and even KILLED by those who feel superior and/or fear those singled out for any registry!
Human Trafficking is a serious problem, harming people worldwide and destroying lives. Young children are exploited and forced to do things that they shouldn’t even know about. I am really glad there are organizations out there trying to do what they can to save people caught up in it. Florida, however, is not one of those organizations.
Florida is using this horrific industry for it’s own benefit to justify more surveillance and condemnation. While it is true that some caught in human trafficking do end up in prostitution, to declare all prostitution as human trafficking minimizes the seriousness of human trafficking. It will also desensitize people from the horrors of human trafficking. I do not believe that the state of Florida cares one bit about human trafficking. I believe Florida loves to prosecute and incarcerate people, nothing more…nothing less. And it sickens me to see Florida use such a serious problem just to create another registry.
This is so well expressed. Florida elected officials are exploring our horror of human trafficking in order to impose…something else entirely. And when that trafficking continues, they’ll impose yet something else.
WHL
Well stated . It’s too bad the simple truths are so very hard for many to recognize.
Well said WHL. That is EXACTLY what Flori-duh is doing! And the ring leaders of it all, Ronald and Lauren. The alchy and the asshole.
But the thing is, we’ve sat here and identified the problem for years (Florida), and we sit here and complain about it endlessly. But it’s time for SOMEBODY with connections, power, and know-how to step up and HELP US bring this state down and give us some relief. It is my only wish in life before I die, to see this state and all of it’s ignorant inbred Republican (& some Democrat) legislatures go down in flames for all of the corruption and misery that they have imposed on a big majority of it’s citizenry.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE WITH ENOUGH BALLS AND COURAGE TO HELP US DO THIS??!!!
*Stop being greedy all you lawyers out there. Have some character and some courage and actually do something that is meaningful and will help people for once instead of padding your pockets so you can afford your Lamborghini and Porsche payments every month!! We’re suffering out here!! For real!!!
The sex offender registry doesn’t destroy enough lives lead to more divorces unemployment lack of housing bullying of children or spouses so lets create another registry that generates disgust. Legislators response: Sounds good to me.
I don’t know if anyone else does, but I find the holocaust reference (Jews in the gas chamber) repugnant.
I did not see the reference to Jews in the gas chamber. But I do see such references from time to time in discussions of registries, including on this forum.
Obviously such references do not belong.
It’s not great to be a registered sex offender in the U.S. But that is in no way analogous to being a European Jew during the Holocaust. Never has been, never will be.
if you stop and think and look outside the box a prostution list would be good..for the fact Florida now has to create a list taking people with past convictions to creat this list (expostofactor) double jeperdy now these people are going to scream loud about how unconstutional it is and violation rights thus for going in front of a judge claiming all (expostofactor) double jeperdy , this judge may just agree now on the flipside it will also make the SOR list unconstutional using the same statues that overturned the prostution list just sayn
Lauren Book should be prosecuted for human trafficking, her entire paycheck is off of the backs of sex crime victims.
Let’s don’t forget about Ron Book the drunk. I think he’s the president’s of Lauren’s kids to help protect them. He’s not worried about kid’s, when he’s driving his Lambo drunk, he should be fired.
Do you think Donald Trump will be on it? He has a residence in Florida. Or how about many of the politicians who voted for it? Read it closely, I am sure they left an exemption for themselves.
This is just the beginning, once this is in effect they will have lists for every crime. Think about the money they could make requiring people to register and the funds they could ask for to manage all these registries. Also charge fees to all the registrants to register, it’s a cash cow and they will sell it as a way to protect the people.
when are people going to listen ?politicians wont stop until they are forced to stop.everyone laughed at me in 1997 when I said the registry wasn’t going to remain private and 5 would turn to life..well folks, who is laughing now?its been 20 plus tragic years..look where it started and where it is..do the math..stop deluding yourselves..this will take much more then kind word.courts wont save you..your opportunity to stop this is dwindling..if you dont stand together now with force you wont be able soon..ever wonder how they got so many Jews in the gas chamber ?. your going to find out.
@obvious you’re absolutely correct. Voices like yours and mine are waaaayyyy too radical and dont wanna be heard? Violence against elected officials?? That’s sooooo 1776 and not politically correct. What are you thinking? Lol. Isn’t that what citizens did back then when they had enough of their crap? Drag em out in the streets and tar and feather them? Challenge them to a duel or storm the bldg and rough em up? Yep I believe that’s what they did. The only thing now is obvious, that we allowed the govt to get way too big. You couldn’t touch a politician now because they have 50 layers of security before you could touch em. But I agree, until they’re FORCED to stop, they wont. And you’re right, they wont stop until were being hauled off to the FEMA camps and “re-educated.” No one listens obvious. No one. We want to be too damn nice and complacent
According to the following quote and definition, It could be entirely likely that anyone who “entices” their spouse to act in “x-rated” manner could end up on this registry:
“The Soliciting for Prostitution Public Database will list anyone who has been convicted of, or plead guilty, to “soliciting, inducing, enticing, or procuring another to commit prostitution, lewdness, or assignation.”
and,
Synonyms for lewd:
Synonyms
bawdy, blue, coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, gutter, impure, indecent, lascivious, locker-room, nasty, obscene, pornographic, porny, profane, raunchy, ribald, smutty, stag, trashy, unprintable, vulgar, wanton, X-rated.
So much for legally having kids in Florida!
Much like the SO Registry, this “database” will provide “law enforcement” a steady stream of people to surveil and “catch” again and again, thus filling state and local coffers with cash. It’s all part of the larger war on sex in Amerikkka:
These aren’t the Johns you’re looking for. You can go about your business, Florida. Move along.
I think they should just require everyone to report to them every time you have sex with your wife or husband or whoever so they can have a data base to go by . So then they will know whoever is doing whatever ,whenever. Then they won’t have to keep making new laws to find out more about what everyone is doing.
5 year removal? Sounds like an equal protection claim to be made.
@ FAC What M Slater said About the equal protection claim is anyone looking at that?
Sex offenders are not a protected class.
No claim to look into
Yes just another list for public shaming
Reasoning over or attempted justification of any subjugation of another human or any other animal is futile & ignorant. This inhumanity leads to the fight or fight instinct in every case. Forget legal arguments. These politicians & lobbyist want to enslave you permanently.
Consider this, If people propagate this inhumanity, knowing that it does trigger that response, for their own greed (political gain/power), knowing a human will eventually be forced into that response & that that reponse may harm more people, then that is pure evil. Waiting like vultures for another human to flee or hurt another & constantly driving either response. Controlling voters by emotionional captivation for controI at the expense of a pariah group, who is voiceless (straw man) without humane consideration. When the tide turns, these sick, greedy monsters will meet a grim demise born of their own monster creation. I hope it is as brutal, inhumane & hateful as the situation which they propagate. Cheers!
Could someone smarter than me explain why this seems to imply a new and separate registry than the existing one being used? Is there a legal or financial reason behind this?
Provided that those who appear in the database are not otherwise required to register as a sexual offender or predator under Florida law, this law imposes no obligation on the prostitution solicitation “offender,” who is not required to “register.” This law puts the onus on the state to maintain and publicize the database based on the court records of soliciting prostitution case(s). Notably, this new law does not add soliciting an adult prostitute to the enumerated offenses requiring registration as a sexual offender or predator.
That doesn’t make the law good, but what it does is create a separate public “database” of specific criminal history information, not a new “registry,” which would require individuals to register personal information, either once or periodically.
This will be a great service the State of Florida will be providing for those selling sexual favors. A database of already identified customers.
Perhaps Florida should do some marketing for other illegal business such as drug dealers. Advertise the sellers of meth so customers dont have to lurk in dark alleys.3
I agree. I think it’s all but certain that some enterprising sex workers will use the new database as a tool to acquire new customers. After all, why wouldn’t you use a public list of potential new clients if one is available? This list essentially verifies that the individuals on it are ready, willing and able to pay for the services sex workers provide.
This doesn’t help anything because human traffickers make so much money that they can easily pay off law enforcement and government officials to keep them protected, which does happen, and I am convinced this is the real problem. There are way too many red flags around this.
Good police work would find those human traffickers and rescue those victims from human trafficking. They should start by looking amongst themselves, because that is where it is stemming from.
Good politicians with good intentions would make laws for this (set severe consequences for anybody who works in the system that is caught in any kind of corruption like this and work at finding these individuals), instead of distracting the public with nonsense laws that don’t work and focusing on the wrong people. Put the focus where it belongs. Human trafficking is a big problem because law enforcement and others working in our government and/or system are involved in it. It will continue to be a big problem because they are simply creating distractions to make it look like they are addressing the problem. It’s all a part of their cover up, to keep the money coming for themselves.
It takes someone strong, brave, and with integrity to stand up against corruption like this. It’s something that is way too scary for many people to do. Dealing with bullies can be very scary, but NOT standing up to them just allows them to get worse and do worse. Things will continue to get worse, until this reality is acknowledged and addressed for what it really is.
Florida just loves shaming people.
How long before many of its authors and/or supporters are on that list?
I’m sure it wont be long before some of these politicians end up on thse registries. They love them some prostitutes. I’m surprised it passed with as many of them that get caught paying for sex.
Sooner or later everyone will fall victim to some form of registry. Nowadays we have law enforcement using spy cameras surreptitiously placed in massage studios to view what goes on behind closed doors between adults. Law enforcement has long been trolling the internet to catch so called predators by creating fake juveniles as “victims.” So, what next, law enforcement agents pretending to be dancers at strip clubs to lure unsuspecting men into a prostitution registry attempted solicitation for buying her a drink? Floriduh strikes again thanks to Democrat Lauren Book and Republican Ron DeSantis. So it is evident that both parties are to blame.