The City of Hazelwood, Missouri, has reversed its original position regarding enforcement of a state law declared unconstitutional by a federal district court. In letters dated October 1, 2025, and mailed to all registrants residing in that city, the Hazelwood Chief of Police stated that registrants must post a sign on their home on Halloween. “It was difficult to understand why the Hazelwood Chief of Police would make such a significant mistake,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “That city, after all, is a party in the lawsuit that successfully…
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Attorneys Present Arguments Regarding Missouri Halloween Sign Law Before 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Source: ACSOL Attorneys representing Thomas Sanderson, a person required to register, and the State of Missouri formally presented oral arguments yesterday before three judges of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. The focus of the oral arguments was a state law that requires all persons required to register to post a sign on their home on Halloween. During oral argument, the State of Missouri continued to assert that the sign requirement is conduct, not speech, and therefore not protected by First Amendment. The state also asserted that the sign requirement…
Read MoreCA News Alert: Senate Bill 680 Stopped by Appropriations Committee
Source: ACSOL The CA Assembly Appropriations Committee has stopped CA Senate Bill (SB) 680 by placing that bill on the committee’s suspense file during a hearing last week. As a result, it is unlikely that the legislature will continue to consider this bill. If SB 680 had become law, it would have created a new category of individuals required to register. That category would have included everyone convicted of unlawful intercourse (PC 261.5), also known as statutory rape, because the victim was a minor and could not lawfully consent. If…
Read MoreNew Lawsuit Challenges CDCR Policy Harming Female Registrants
ACSOL filed a new lawsuit yesterday that challenges a CDCR policy which allows the agency to use a tool that has not been validated to assess the risk of re-offense for women required to register. The name of that tool is the Female Sex Offender Risk Assessment (FSORA). The lawsuit was filed in Sacramento Superior Court and includes a declaration by Dr. Franca Cortoni, an expert in the re-offense rates of female registrants. According to Dr. Cortoni, there is no validated tool for assessing the re-offense rates of women required…
Read MoreCA Public Safety Committee Approves Senate Bill 680
Source: ACSOL The Assembly’s Public Safety Committee today approved an amended version of Senate Bill (SB) 680, which if enacted, would require individuals convicted of statutory rape to register for 10 years. Unlike the original version of the bill, the current version of SB 680 would not be applied retroactively. Instead, the bill would apply only to those convicted of PC 261.5 on or after January 1, 2026. During today’s hearing, four board members and three members of ACSOL testified in opposition to the bill. Also testifying in opposition to…
Read MoreACSOL Website Blocked for Some Registrants on Federal Supervised Release
According to several reports, some individuals on federal supervised release whose phones or computers are monitored by the federal government were blocked from using the ACSOL website. If you are one of those people, please call the monitoring company at 855-855-6278 or 484-222-3301. After the call is answered, use Option 5 in order to speak to a customer representative. Tell that person that you want access to the ACSOL website: all4consolaws.org. They will need your name and case number in order to help you. “I called the monitoring company this…
Read MoreACSOL In-Person Meeting in West Sacramento on September 13, 2025
You are invited to attend ACSOL’s in-person meeting in West Sacramento, CA on Saturday, September 13, 2025 starting at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at: Center for Spiritual Awareness 1275 Starboard Drive West Sacramento 95691 The meeting will include discussions regarding topics of interest to both registrants and their loved ones, including the status of proposed changes to the Tiered Registry Law such as the reduction of tier assignment for those convicted of an offense involving child pornography. The meeting is free and will include refreshments. Attendance at…
Read MoreAction Alert for CA! Call and Write Now, then Show Up to Committee April 8 Hearing on Senate Bill 680 That Could Add 30,000 People to Registry
The CA Senate Public Safety Committee is scheduled to conduct a hearing April 8 regarding Senate Bill 680 that could add up to 30,000 people to the registry! “We must stop this bill in order to prevent the addition of thousands of people to the California registry,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “A similar bill (Senate Bill 1218) was introduced last year and ACSOL as well as other organizations were able to stop it due to our strong opposition.” (1) SEND A LETTER: Please send a…
Read MoreACSOL Letter to DOGE Requests Elimination of All Funding for SORNA
Source: ACSOL The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) has prepared and sent a letter to the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk, to eliminate all funding for the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). According to that letter, annual funding for SORNA exceeds $10 billion. The letter states clearly that SORNA funding has punished and continues to punish U.S. citizens required to register. The letter identifies three agencies — Department of Justice, Department of State and the General Services Administration — as recipients…
Read MoreData center outage
The data center that hosts the ACSOL website had a total outage with over 15 hours of downtime. Systems were restored late last night. ACSOL website https://all4consolaws.org Root cause: Server down Incident started at 2025-02-14 10:18:25 PST Resolved at 2025-02-14 21:44:49 PST Duration: 15 hours and 26 minutes Hopefully everything is back to normal now but if you notice any unresolved issues with our website not working properly, then please send us an email. media at all4consolaws.org
Read More43 Organizations Reach Agreement on Letter to U.S. Supreme Court
Source: ACSOL A total of 43 organizations, including ACSOL and NARSOL, have reached an agreement regarding a letter to be sent this week to Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court. The letter criticizes the court for its decision, Smith v. Doe, that has negatively and significantly impacted the lives of those required to register as well as their families. The list of significant adverse effects listed in the letter include unemployment or underemployment, limited housing opportunities, denied entry into homeless shelters and prohibited from being buried in…
Read MoreGovernment Files Brief in Pending SORNA Challenge
Source: ACSOL The federal government has filed a brief in response to the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation in November 2024. The government brief includes a cross motion for summary judgment. The plaintiffs in the case, including ACSOL, have an opportunity to file a reply to the government’s brief no later than February 16, 2025. The focus of this case are SORNA regulations that became effective in January 2022. A lawsuit challenging the regulations was filed in October 2022. “One important change in this case…
Read MoreSORNA Case Advances in Federal Court; PLF Files Motion for Summary Judgment
The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) filed a motion for summary judgment on November 18 in its pending case that challenges current federal SORNA regulations. The U.S. Department of Justice is required to file its opposing brief to this motion no later than December 23. The PLF will have a final opportunity to support its motion in a response due no later than January 24, 2025. A hearing on the motion is scheduled to be held on March 10, 2025. In its motion, the PLF argued that the SORNA regulations are…
Read MoreLast chance to sign up for the live ACSOL Conference is Tuesday, September 17 at 5:00 PM PST
Sign ups for this year’s virtual conference will be paused tomorrow on Tuesday, September 17, in order to ensure that everyone who has signed up for the conference will be provided a link prior to the conference. Individuals can still sign up for the conference all day today on Monday, September 16, and until 5 p.m. (Pacific) on Tuesday, September 17. Click here to sign up for the live conference. Click here to see the schedule. Sign ups will also be available after the conference for those who want access…
Read MoreMO: Court Asked to Clarify Status of Missouri Halloween Sign Requirement
Source: ACSOL A motion has been filed asking a federal district court to clarify whether registrants in Missouri will be required to post a sign on their home on Halloween this year. The basis of the motion is a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) issued in October 2023 and then modified in November 2023. According to the TRO’s, a Missouri state law that required registrants to post a sign on their home on Halloween could not be enforced. After the TRO was modified in November 2023, the court considered granting a…
Read MoreOverseas Travel Presentation Added to ACSOL Conference
A presentation regarding overseas travel has been added to the ACSOL conference that begins on Friday, September 20. The focus of the presentation will be travel to and through Europe including possible limitations for those convicted of a sex offense involving minor. Click here to sign up for the conference ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci will make this presentation on September 20 at 2:15 p.m. Her presentation will include a discussion of the pending European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) that will require visitors to obtain a permit in…
Read MoreACSOL News Alert: $10,000 Challenge Grant Offered in Support of Improving Tiered Registry Law!
An anonymous donor has offered to match up to $10,000 in donations in order to improve the Tiered Registry Law. Improvements would include, but not be limited to, lowering the tier assignments of those convicted of PC 311.11 (felony possession of child pornography), PC 288.8(c) (lewd or lascivious conduct with 14 or 15 year old), PC 288.2 (felony providing harmful material to a minor), PC 288.3 (unlawful communications with a minor) and PC 288.4 (sting operations). Another improvement would be creation of an “offramp” for those assigned to the highest…
Read MoreCA Alert: California Governor’s Pardon will generally NOT terminate a duty to register
Dear registrants, family members, and supporters: Many private attorneys and public defenders indicate that a pardon by the California governor will terminate your duty to register. Some attorneys charge thousands of dollars to submit pardon applications. However, California Attorney General’s Office, which is responsible for maintaining California’s sex offender registry, will NOT terminate sex offense registration following a gubernatorial pardon grant, unless the Governor makes an express finding that the grantee is factually innocent of the sex crime triggering the registration requirement. Governor Newsom has granted no pardons…
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