Senate Bill proposes to define “day” and make other changes.
Recent amendments to Senate Bill 234 have been filed, including the following language, presumably in response to the Ex Post Facto Plus lawsuit, which argued that the definition of “Day” was vague.
In calculating days for “permanent residence,” the first day a person abides, lodges, or resides at a place is excluded. Each day following the first day is counted. A day includes any part of a calendar day.
The proposed amendment would also allow vehicle registration to be done online.
See https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/234/Amendment/954436/PDF for the amended language and stay tuned for a more comprehensive update.
Thanks to member JZ, volunteer for our Legislative Committee, for bringing this change to our attention.
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Adults acting like Overgrown children in suits. It’s pathetic.
“The first day the person isn’t dangerous, but after 3 days they’re too dangerous and must register so that WE can believe that we are somehow safer”.
Imbeciles.
We need more lawsuits to donate money to.
Didn’t I read somewhere that laws – particularly criminal laws – cannot be ambiguous and are to be construed against the state if they are? Seems like this clarifying proposal certainly qualifies…
Good point Dustin. FAC can delete my posts if they have a concern about your point. But I’m sure the Crooks already know about this since they are the ones writing the laws.
I travel a lot as a contractor in my own business since I cant find another well paying job while carrying the stigma of sex offender. As I travel, I stay only one night at each hotel even though I may be gone from home for a week at a time. Yep, its a hassle and extra expense. But on the other hand, I’m well within the law and don’t worry about the registry in this regard.
@Traveler Jimbo: How is that within the law when you’re only allowed 3 days per year not sleeping in your own bed?
Ben, that’s not what the law say. There is nothing in the law that requires only 3 days per year not sleeping in your own bed, as you put it. The law does require registration IF any only IF I stay at the same address (ie a hotel) for more than 3 days in the aggregate. Knowledge in law helps us all.
I try not to bring this up because the minute Senator Crook realizes this, she’ll change the law to make it 3 days in a year, like Illinois does.
If it’s 3 days in a year it’s still registrable as “temporary” residence.
This is no less confusing.
Let’s say I arrive Monday at 3pm to a hotel. I cheack out 11am on a Thursday. That’s less than 72 hours.
So… when does the counter start? 12:01am Tuesday morning or 3pm Tuesday afternoon?
But then, they count any part of a day, then theoretically, a stay of only 24 hours 2 minutes could seemingly count ifthe count starts at 11:59 pm on a Tuesday and I leave at 12:01 am Thursday morning.
I didn’t even have to look at who wrote the bill to know which idiot compiled this nonsense.
@Derick Logue: Even worse: Does the clock start and stop when you leave your house and end when you return? What if I left from work? What if I returned and then visited someone or went out to eat when I arrived? How would anyone even know of my timeframe if I left my phone at home and purchased nothing in that span? How would travel even be proven?
It’s not confusing, is it? I’m not going to bother to read it but if it matches what people have said below, it seems very clear. Further, if the current law is unclear, surely it would not have been difficult to get an interpretation and everyone go with that (FAC did get an interpretation, right?).
The Hit Lists are wholly unacceptable, but this “day” thing seems trivial. Most PFRs are not as dumb as the criminal legislators.