International Megan's Law Archives - Florida Action Committee (FAC) https://floridaactioncommittee.org/tag/international-megans-law/ Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:46:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/FAC-logo-Transparent-150x150.png International Megan's Law Archives - Florida Action Committee (FAC) https://floridaactioncommittee.org/tag/international-megans-law/ 32 32 123336211 Reason: Passport Applicants May Have To Affirm That They Are ‘Not Required To Register’ As Sex Offenders https://floridaactioncommittee.org/iml-international-megans-law-passport-identifier-sex-offender-travel/ https://floridaactioncommittee.org/iml-international-megans-law-passport-identifier-sex-offender-travel/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:10:25 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=24558 Under a proposed State Department policy, U.S. passport applicants would have to affirm that they are “not required to register” as sex offenders. If they are “required to register,” they would have to submit a “supplementary explanatory statement under oath.” The State Department says that change, which it announced in a Federal Register notice seeking public comment last month, is

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]]> Under a proposed State Department policy, U.S. passport applicants would have to affirm that they are “not required to register” as sex offenders. If they are “required to register,” they would have to submit a “supplementary explanatory statement under oath.”

The State Department says that change, which it announced in a Federal Register notice seeking public comment last month, is “in accordance with” the International Megan’s Law (IML), which requires “unique passport identifiers” for “covered sex offenders.” Although that 2016 law is ostensibly aimed at preventing “child sex tourism,” it applies to many people who have never engaged in such conduct or shown any propensity to do so. The proposed passport affirmation sweeps even more broadly, and it is apt to have a chilling effect on international travel by Americans who are required to register as sex offenders—a category that includes nearly 800,000 people, many of whom have never committed crimes anything like those targeted by the IML.

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]]> https://floridaactioncommittee.org/iml-international-megans-law-passport-identifier-sex-offender-travel/feed/ 3 24558 State Department Files Motion to Dismiss IML Lawsuit https://floridaactioncommittee.org/state-department-files-motion-to-dismiss-iml-lawsuit/ https://floridaactioncommittee.org/state-department-files-motion-to-dismiss-iml-lawsuit/#comments Tue, 01 May 2018 11:39:12 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=8216 State Department Seeks to Retain International Megan’s Law From http://all4consolaws.org/2018/04/state-department-files-motion-to-dismiss-iml-lawsuit/ The State Department filed a Motion to Dismiss the lawsuit which challenges the International Megan’s Law (IML) on procedural grounds. A hearing on the Motion to Dismiss is scheduled for June 25 in Los Angeles. In its motion, the State Department asserts that its final rule issued in September 2016

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From http://all4consolaws.org/2018/04/state-department-files-motion-to-dismiss-iml-lawsuit/

The State Department filed a Motion to Dismiss the lawsuit which challenges the International Megan’s Law (IML) on procedural grounds. A hearing on the Motion to Dismiss is scheduled for June 25 in Los Angeles.

In its motion, the State Department asserts that its final rule issued in September 2016 is consistent with the IML and that its press release issued in October 2017 that included the language of the unique identifier to be added to the passports of some registrants was a website update, not a regulation. In addition, the State Department asserts that it already had authority to deny passport cards to registrants prior to passage of the IML.

“The State Department motion does not change our position that the agency violated the Administrative Procedures Act when it issued a final rule implementing the IML without first requesting public comment,” stated attorney Janice Bellucci. “In addition, we continue to believe that the State Department completely lacks authority to deny passports cards to registrants.”

The IML lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court, Central District, of California on January 11, 2018. The agency’s response was initially due in March 2018, however, the agency requested and obtained a three-week extension for that response. Today was the deadline for the agency’s response.

You can read the Government’s memorandum of law in support of their motion to dismiss here: Memorandum in support of IML Dismis

Following are next steps in the case:

Plaintiffs’ opposition to Defendants’Motion to Dismiss:  May 25, 2018
Defendants’ reply: June 11, 2018
Hearing date: June 25, 2018 at 1:30 p.m

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