SB 234 presented to Governor
If you’ve been following this forum during the past legislative session you will know that Senate Bill 234 has been on our radar and we’ve raised several calls to action opposing a lot of the horrible stuff that was in there.
Our efforts made a significant difference as the version of SB 234 that was signed off on yesterday and presented to the Governor is devoid of the changes to the registration laws that we were fighting against.
You can view the the final version here: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/234/BillText/er/PDF
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Did they remove the option to register vehicle info online through the web portal? The original bill included it, which would be very convenient.
they did. That would have been helpful.
Please break in down FAC to understandable bites concerning 234
Thanks
Bad stuff gone, irrelevant (except to one person) stuff there.
What do you mean by “irrelevant (except to one person)”?
The bad stuff: Was that the time-sharing threat where a person on the registry could lose custody of their children in a divorce? Part of a day became a day? What else?
GREAT news!
The changed definition of day was also omitted.
Please reference the last update on this bill, in which we wrote, “On Friday, Amendment 122135 was filed as part of Senate Bill 234, which addressed State v. James, 298 So. 3d 90 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020) (the case that said someone who has not paid their fee has no requirement to register), but removed the parts of the bill that state, “A day includes any part of a calendar day.” If the language that concerned us the most (having to register places where we were present for only parts of a day), is gone, this is great news!
As it turned out, the concerning language in THIS BILL having to do with the change in “day” is out for good and this is good new.
I think it’s a shame they removed the definition of “day.” I know FAC disagrees, but I would have liked to see the reaction at the registry offices when every registrant goes to register virtually the entire phone book.
Loopholes? You mean the ones The State Legislators jump though,, to undermine the Constitution, of the United States
Thanks to everyone at FAC for doing the heavy lifting and making sure the legislature doesn’t forget that citizens on the registry are in fact CITIZENS!! Y’all are amazing!
is a child endangerment a chargeable offense for being placed on the registry no sex acts involved. some dick head rookie making name for himself got a friend of mine for of all things no car seats!! Floridah for ya
Most people will not address your question as it against Florida law to dispense legal advice when not a lawyer.
However, all crimes in Florida are right out of the Florida Statutes and any crime your friend is charged with will list the Florida statute number assigned to it. Then all you need to do is spend 15-20 minutes reading the Florida Statutes to determine if that is one of the crimes/codes that if found guilty, would require registration.
Here is the living proof that we can make a difference!!
If this does not motivate you to volunteer for FAC and get involved in making future betterments I do not know what will.
Thanks FAC and to all those who put in the work and effort it required to make this happen!
Making Wards of The State
I’m rather new to this particular topic. So I have to ask: what changes to FAC get corrected? Thanks
FAC and members intervened to block what would have been a ridiculous and extremely burdensome definition of a “day” which, in theory, could have required us to register not only places where we actually reside, but merely visit, 3 or more days per year. All of that language was removed at the last minute and the bill, as passed, affects literally only one person, who will now have to register. The actual details are irrelevant to almost everyone else because his case was very unusual. It involved the fact that he had not payed a fine which under the previous definition of terms meant he was not “released” and therefore not subject to registration. It is more a reflection of how poorly written the Florida sex offender registration laws are than anything else.