H1301/SB1226 Passes
by Florida Action Committee
Sadly, but not surprisingly, the Florida Legislature passed another stupid, punitive and unnecessary sex offender bill that will only enrich those in private prisons, the GPS vendors and the Books.
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THE TIME IS NOW! ITS OUR LAST SHOT AT TRYING TO STOP THIS!
WE NEED 100’s of calls to each of these legislators! There are 120 Representatives in the House and 40 Senators in the Senate!!
WE MUST CALL THEM ALL! GET YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO CALL TOO!!!
Our legislators, republican and democrats alike, refuse to recognize the empirical data regarding sex offender policy. All they continue to do is pass “feel good” legislation, which does nothing for public safety nor stop the cycle of abuse.
DEMAND EDUCATED AND INFORMED POLICY! ASK FOR THE EVIDENCE WHICH THEY BASED A NEED TO CHANGE THE EXISTING POLICY!!!!
This bill impacts registrants (and their families) who travel to Florida!
It reduces the days that you can stay someplace in this state without registering from 3 to 5 (in the aggregate). Registering in Florida causes you to remain on the Florida public registry FOR LIFE!
Effectively, if you want to bring your family to Florida for a Hoiday weekend (3 Day Weekend), you would need to register. Since most registration offices (Sheriff’s SPOT units) are closed on Holidays, you would no longer be able to do this without committing a felony!
Alternatively, you would have to remain in FL for an extra day (generally a work day) to comply with the registration requirement by going to register IN PERSON. That would also earn you a spot on the public registry forever, even after you return to your home state.
The other problem with this bill is it creates a MANDATORY MINIMUM with GPS Monitoring for any technical registration violation. Imagine that! GPS Monitoring for a strict liability violation of something that’s not supposed to be a “punishment” in the first place!
Since so many people reading this visit Florida, it is important to oppose it, as it does not only impact people in Florida, it impacts anyone that wants to visit there!
An email list for the legislators can be found here: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/call-to-action-email-list-for-florida-legislators/
Remember, it’s HB1301 in the House and SB1226 in the Senate.
All people who support the Registries need to be harmed as the harassing terrorists that they are. It is not enough to simply fight to maintain rights. They need to be harmed. They are criminals.
You would think the criminal legislators in Florida would be more interested to know why they allow people who have shot people with guns to live next door to schools. Personally, I think it is so they can shoot children from their front porches. But just a guess.
Florida is the most F’ed up place on Earth. Every aspect of society there is a joke. We can only hope that a sink hole swallows the morons that run that s*** hole of a state. That being said, if you are unfortunate enough to be stuck there, you deserve to be treated with respect.
Whenever I’m able to get off the registry, I think I might still avoid Florida on just a matter of principle. How Florida is allowed to continue doing what they’re doing is beyond me. All these things seem like an incredibly overstep of legal boundaries, yet it all remains (successfully) unchallenged. I was under the impression that states could provide more legally leeway than federal laws (gay marriage, marijuana, etc) but not less so than federal. Clearly that’s not the case, at least for RC’s. Is there any other state with generally worse RC laws that Florida?
I used to live in this SLUM state years ago before my supposed crime…. luckily in on the west coast in so cal… funny thing my so called victim lives there now !…. which btw I used to live in Orange County, FL aka Orlando, been to disney ans universal, they all pay thier employees close to min wage, lots of crime in FL and some places are just plain GHETTO ! Like Oviedo and Bithlow (next door to orlando) Thank god I only lived there to buy a house and file a large bankrupcy ! as soon as it was final I sold my house and moved back here !! Cops ther in orange county are scum also ! and FDLE is no better ! trust me you wanna visit seaworld or disney or universal… CA is the way to go ! although KEY WEST is beautiful, that is all the state has going for itself….
Can you get off the registry in Florida and who can protect you while your on probation?? my son is coming out next year and shouldn’t even have been charged with such a crime but a girl lied about her age now were all scared for him.
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