The CA Senate Public Safety Committee will consider Assembly Bill (AB) 1568 on Tuesday, June 16. The hearing will be held in the State Capitol, Room 112, starting at 8:30 a.m. If passed, this bill would block thousands of registrants who are otherwise eligible from filing a petition for removal from the registry. “This hearing could be the last opportunity for registrants, family members and supporters to stop AB 1568,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “Therefore, it is important for as many people as possible to attend this hearing on…
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Janice’s Journal and Action Alert: Darkest Before the Dawn; Fight these 4 bills!
This column is not meant to depress anyone. Instead, this column is meant to inspire everyone who reads it. Having said that, it is important to see clearly the reality before us. The reality is that the shadow of Epstein continues and with that shadow comes efforts to further harm registrants and their families. For example, federal legislators have introduced bills that if passed would prohibit many registrants from receiving their hard-earned federal pensions (S. 4447) and Medicaid benefits (HR 7453) as well as protection in federal shelters (HR 7624). …
Read MoreNY: Sign On to Support A More Evidence-Based Assessment Process in New York: Action Needed by April 8 @ 5pm ET
Source: Restorative Action Alliance I’m reaching out to invite you to join RAA and its partners to sign onto a support letter asking for targeted amendment to New York legislation A8930 | S3201. Thank you if you have already taken action and please share with others you feel might also want to support. This legislation seeks to update the process used to assign registry risk levels in New York which have been based on an unvalidated Risk Assessment Instrument (RAI) for almost 30 years. While we do not support the use of…
Read MoreFAC Nationwide Call to Action: Oppose Massive Florida Homeless. Make Calls Now to Fight HB 45 / SB 212
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 1/15/26 [ACSOL encourages everyone to make some calls to fight this insanity] HB 45 and SB 212 are dangerous, extreme, and counterproductive. SB 212 would banish more than 30,000 Floridians from “being” within 200 feet of a body of water and both bills would make 80% of Florida uninhabitable, displacing thousands of families from their homes and causing thousands to lose stable employment. These bills undermine public safety by increasing homelessness, instability, unemployment, and monitoring challenges. The bills will: Push thousands into homelessness by making the majority of…
Read MorePlease Help ACSOL’s Matching Grant Program for Two Important Lawsuits
A generous and anonymous donor has pledged up to $5,000 for a matching grant program in support of two important lawsuits. One lawsuit will challenge an ordinance recently adopted by Fresno County that limits the number of registrants that can live in a home. This lawsuit will include an application for a temporary restraining order (TRO). The second lawsuit will challenge the failure of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR’s) to fully implement recently issued treatment regulations. The regulations were issued in settlement of an earlier lawsuit challenging…
Read MoreAction Alert: Please Join Effort to Remove Anti-Registrant Merchandise from Etsy.com
Please join ACSOL and others in an effort to persuade Etsy to remove anti-registrant merchandise from its website. The merchandise at issue includes messages on clothing and bumper stickers such as “Shoot Your Local Pedophile” and “Dead Pedophiles Don’t Reoffend.” “These and other statements on merchandise incite violence and therefore are not protected by the First Amendment,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. Messages demanding that Etsy remove its anti-registrant merchandise from its website should be sent by email to [email protected] It is important to note that the anti-registrant merchandise…
Read MoreACSOL/FAC Action Alert for Monday, 11/24/2025: Call now to stop TN registrant residence alert system
Source: Florida Action Committee 11/24/25 This event is past Unfortunately, it passed: News – WJLE Radio New links: DeKalb County Tennessee commission website Commissioner Seeks Approval for County to Establish Sex Offender Notification System to Alert Neighborhoods (wjle.com 11/24/25) Listen to board meetings on the radio Please call now to help stop this from passing. Today, Monday 11/24/25 at 3:30 PM PST, 6:30 PM EST DeKalb County Tennessee commission will consider adopting a resolution to establish a method of notification possibly through 911 to inform residents…
Read MoreAction Alert: Urge Congress to support the Reentry Act (helps registrants)
Source: Prison Fellowship, FAC [Summary below is from FAC] Florida Action Committee (FAC) members and affiliates, that are also members and advocates of Prison Fellowship, have asked FAC to share this ACTION REQUEST to HELP REMOVE BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE by urging Congress to support the Re-Entry Act. Being released from prison is an overwhelming experience. Men and women who have endured the harsh realities of incarceration are suddenly thrust back into society and must find a job, along with a place to live. But there’s one necessity that’s often overlooked in their reintegration journey: health…
Read MoreAction Alert for CA: Fight Senate Bill 680! Call by 7/11 and then Show Up to Assembly Public Safety Committee on July 15
The Assembly’s Public Safety Committee will consider Senate Bill (SB) 680 on July 15 during a hearing that is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. in Room 126 of the State Capitol building. If SB 680 becomes law, individuals convicted on or after January 1, 2026, of unlawful intercourse in violation of Penal Code Section 261.5 would be required to register. No one convicted of this offense has been required to register in the past without a court order. “The legislature has wisely decided to amend Senate Bill 680 so…
Read MoreAction Alert for CA: Call to oppose Assembly Bill 47
The CA Assembly Public Safety Committee is scheduled to conduct a hearing on April 22 that includes Assembly Bill 47. If passed into law, it would exclude many people convicted of a sex offense from the benefits of the Elderly Parole program. We must oppose this bill! The Elderly Parole program currently provides for the release of individuals who have been in custody for at least 20 continuous years and are at least 50 years provided that certain conditions are met. The program currently allows release of individuals convicted of…
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 MoreAction Alert nationwide: ICAC Federal Grants Are Up for Renewal! – Please contact your federal representatives today!
Source: Women Against Registry (W.A.R) [Please considering writing the letter they describe below. – Janice] ———————————————— Let’s Kill ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force) Let’s reach out to our Federal congressmen to oppose the funding of ICAC, which is the task force which uses all kinds of sketchy (and illegal) tactics to hunt down people who click on illegal images (which ICAC rarely takes down). In the current political climate, it seems crazy that they’re spending hundreds of millions of dollars on ICAC! Way down at the…
Read MoreACT NOW: The Safe Shelters Act: Unsafe, Unjust, and Cruel Legislation
Source: NARSOL.org When families face emergencies and are driven from their homes, they need access to emergency facilities like any other citizen. Families should be allowed to stay together during crises. However, a new bill proposed by Nancy Mace, a former South Carolina state representative who is now a U.S. congresswoman, seeks to deny this fundamental right to families with a member on a state’s sex offense registry. While protecting vulnerable populations is a goal we all share, this bill fails to achieve that and instead imposes unnecessary harm. Mace’s…
Read MoreACSOL National Action Alert: Lend your support to H.R.2899 Second Chance Reauthorization Act
Source: bop.gov [from p2a.co:] For formerly incarcerated individuals, reentering society is filled with uncertainties. Those include gaining access to life’s basic needs like housing and a career, proven ways to ensure they don’t return to prison. But too often, they are unable to take advantage of what is offered to others without a criminal record and end up back behind bars, adding more costs to taxpayers. The Second Chance Reauthorization Act aims to give those who have served their time a leg up. It would extend vital reentry grant programs…
Read MoreCA Action Alert: Please Call and Send Letters Opposing Senate Bill 1128 that Could Add up to 32,000 to Registry
It’s time to be heard! The Assembly Public Safety Committee will consider CA Senate Bill 1128 about two weeks from now on July 2. We need to strongly oppose this bill because it could add up to 32,000 people to the registry. Prior to the hearing, it’s important to call members of the committee as well as send letters to both committee members and the committee itself. Below is a list of committee members that includes office phone numbers and mailing addresses. Letters can also be sent to the Public…
Read MoreJoin ACSOL on July 2 to Oppose SB 1128
Senate Bill 1128, that could add up to 32,000 people to the registry, will be considered by the Assembly Public Safety Committee on July 2. The hearing is: CA State Capitol Room 126 Tuesday, July 2 Will begin at 9 a.m. Other bills will also be considered that day. “It is extremely important that as many people as possible attend the July 2 hearing,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “We must stop Senate Bill 1128 and attendance at this hearing may be the last opportunity to do so. Although…
Read MoreAction Alert for CA: Stop Face Surveillance/Recognition AB 1814
Source: CA ACLU [ACSOL is passing on this action alert because facial recognition can also be used against registrants. CA registrants and supporters, please take this fast and easy way to fight against this!] AB 1814 is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Do not be fooled. This bill emboldens police to expand dangerous face surveillance, while writing into law the same failed rules that played a role in the wrongful arrests of innocent people, mostly Black men. If passed, it would effectively greenlight an invasive surveillance technology that is racist,…
Read MoreLouisiana Residents Emergency 4/28 Call to Action (CTA): fight bills HB 166 (forced vasectomy) and SB 371 (forced surgical castration)
Source of the email ACSOL received: UV4SOR.org ([email protected]) Fellow Advocates, We have an Emergency Call to Action (CTA) and need your voice to oppose HB 166 (forced vasectomy) and SB 371 (forced surgical castration) currently before the Louisiana Legislature. We are doing both bills together as one CTA in the interest of time and the similarities (and heinous nature) of these 2 bills. The Senate and House Reconvene Monday at 1:00 PM CDT, so we need your response to be sitting in their inboxes or on their voicemails by 4/29…
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