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Sunday, March 2, 2014
FLORIDA: CALL TO ACTION! THIS IS A MUST! March 3rd & 4th.
URGENT CALL TO ACTION! THIS IS A MUST! March 3rd & 4th.
THIS IS TIME SENSITIVE AND MUST BE MADE ON THE DATES SPECIFIED!
It is IMPERATIVE we inundate their offices with calls!
If you have access to a computer you may email them as well. We cannot have too much communication on this agenda!
Our voices MUST be heard.
It’s your turn!
The Florida Action Committee has been working diligently on your behalf all through the committee weeks, as well as all year long. We are now in the thick of it all.
Session Begins on Tuesday March 4th. A number of bills which are detrimental to all of us and fail to protect any of Florida’s citizens are among the first on the Legislative Agenda. We are asking you to do your part.
You ask what can you do to fight for what’s right ???
Well this is an urgent request that you, all your friends, family and supporters participate this Monday and Tuesday, March 3rd & 4th.
Call your Representative and your Senator in Tallahassee as well as the Governor’s office.
If you do not know who your Representative is click here to find out: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/myrepresentative.aspx
If you do not know who your senator is click here to find out: http://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/Find
The bills that YOU will be calling about when calling your Senator are:
In the Senate
CS/CS/SB 522, CS/CS/SB 524, CS/CS/SB 526, CS/CS/SB 528
The bills that YOU will be calling about when calling your Representative are:
In the House
CS/HB 7019 CS/HB 7021 CS/HB 7025 CS/HB 7027
The statement you should be making is:
“Please Protect me and my family. As your constituent I am asking you to Vote NO on any of the Sex Offender or Predator bills before you this session.
They are not based on scientific evidence and will make our children less safe.
We continue to do everything contrary to the research.Please vote no and protect my children”
Leave your name and phone number…
Tell the Governor: (850) 488-7146
“I DO NOT WANT you to sign any of this legislation into law. It is wasteful of my tax dollars and there is no evidence it will protect any of the citizens you are charged with protecting. In fact the research supports quite the opposite. It will make us less safe and increase recidivism! Governor Scott, PROTECT MY CHILDREN!”
Leave your name and phone number!
We Need ALL of YOU NOW!!!!
Thank You for your help and support. We cannot do this alone!
Dave in the Philippines
FLORIDA: CALL TO ACTION! THIS IS A MUST! March 3rd & 4th.
URGENT CALL TO ACTION! THIS IS A MUST! March 3rd & 4th.
THIS IS TIME SENSITIVE AND MUST BE MADE ON THE DATES SPECIFIED!
It is IMPERATIVE we inundate their offices with calls!
If you have access to a computer you may email them as well. We cannot have too much communication on this agenda!
Our voices MUST be heard.
It’s your turn!
The Florida Action Committee has been working diligently on your behalf all through the committee weeks, as well as all year long. We are now in the thick of it all.
Session Begins on Tuesday March 4th. A number of bills which are detrimental to all of us and fail to protect any of Florida’s citizens are among the first on the Legislative Agenda. We are asking you to do your part.
You ask what can you do to fight for what’s right ???
Well this is an urgent request that you, all your friends, family and supporters participate this Monday and Tuesday, March 3rd & 4th.
Call your Representative and your Senator in Tallahassee as well as the Governor’s office.
If you do not know who your Representative is click here to find out: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/myrepresentative.aspx
If you do not know who your senator is click here to find out: http://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/Find
The bills that YOU will be calling about when calling your Senator are:
In the Senate
CS/CS/SB 522, CS/CS/SB 524, CS/CS/SB 526, CS/CS/SB 528
The bills that YOU will be calling about when calling your Representative are:
In the House
CS/HB 7019 CS/HB 7021 CS/HB 7025 CS/HB 7027
The statement you should be making is:
“Please Protect me and my family. As your constituent I am asking you to Vote NO on any of the Sex Offender or Predator bills before you this session.
They are not based on scientific evidence and will make our children less safe.
We continue to do everything contrary to the research.Please vote no and protect my children”
Leave your name and phone number…
Tell the Governor: (850) 488-7146
“I DO NOT WANT you to sign any of this legislation into law. It is wasteful of my tax dollars and there is no evidence it will protect any of the citizens you are charged with protecting. In fact the research supports quite the opposite. It will make us less safe and increase recidivism! Governor Scott, PROTECT MY CHILDREN!”
Leave your name and phone number!
We Need ALL of YOU NOW!!!!
Thank You for your help and support. We cannot do this alone!
Dave in the Philippines
CS/HB 7019: Development Permits
GENERAL BILL by Economic Affairs Committee ; Economic Development and Tourism Subcommittee ; Trujillo ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Perry
Development Permits; Requires counties & municipalities to attach certain disclaimers & include certain permit conditions when issuing development permits; provides that initiative or referendum process for any local comprehensive plan amendments & map amendments is prohibited; prohibits owners of communication facilities from offering certain services to persons unrelated to high-speed rail system; provides for permit authorizing permittee to locate, construct, operate, & maintain communication facilities within new or existing high speed rail system; provides that county may include commercial development that is ancillary to professional sports facility in lease of sports facility, etc.
GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Healthy Families Subcommittee ; Harrell ; Eagle ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) McBurney ; Wood
Sexually Violent Predators; Requires DCF to prioritize assessments & evaluation based upon release dates; specifies requirements for multidisciplinary team membership; requires conditions under which team may make recommendation to state attorney; authorizes team to consult with law enforcement agencies & victim advocate groups; provides circumstances for state attorney to file civil commitment petition for sexually violent predator; provides process for determining if person is sexually violent predator before release; authorizes state attorney to file petition for civil commitment regardless of team's recommendation.
General Bill by Regulatory Affairs Committee and Business & Professional Regulation Subcommittee and Eagle
Timeshares: Specifies that certain provisions relating to condominium board elections do not apply to timeshare condominiums; revises formula requirements for calculating reserves for accommodations & facilities of real property timeshare plans; requires successor in interest to be listed as owner of timeshare interest under certain conditions; requires estoppel letter in certain timeshare resale transfer transactions; prohibits certain activities related to offering timeshare interest transfer services; requires resale transfer agreements to contain specified information; requires establishment of escrow account for certain purposes; provides requirements & duties of escrow agent; providing penalties; revises procedure for trustee foreclosure of assessment & mortgage liens; revises conditions under which trustee may sell foreclosed encumbered timeshare interest; revises & provides notice requirements; provides for perfection of notice; provides requirements for notice of lis pendens; provides exceptions for actions for failure to follow trustee foreclosure procedure.
Glossary of Legislative Terms
CS/CS/HB 7027: Education Accountability
GENERAL BILL by Education Committee ; Education Appropriations Subcommittee ; Choice and Innovation Subcommittee ; Passidomo
Education Accountability; Revises provisions relating to K-20 education performance accountability system; revises provisions relating to collecting & reporting statewide education data; requires improved access to data maintained by K-20 data warehouse; requires school districts to allocate funds for interventions to improve performance of Title I schools; revises provisions relating to schools assigned school grade or school improvement rating.
CS/HB 7025 - Sexual Offenders
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General Bill by Appropriations Committee and Criminal Justice Subcommittee and Eagle (CO-SPONSORS) McBurney
Sexual Offenders: Replaces definition of term "instant message name" with definition of "Internet identifier"; provides that voluntary disclosure of specified information waives disclosure exemption for such information; adds additional offenses to list of sexual predator & sexual offender qualifying offenses; requires disclosure of additional information during sexual predator & offender registration; requires that sexual predator or offender who is unable to secure or update driver license or identification card within specified period must report specified information to local sheriff's office within specified period after such change with confirmation that he or she also reported such information to DHSMV; revises reporting requirements if sexual predator or offender plans to leave U.S. for more than specified period; conforms provisions; provides appropriation.
Effective Date: October 1, 2014
Glossary of Legislative Terms
CS/CS/SB 522: Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators
GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Grimsley ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Detert
Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators; Authorizing and requiring a state attorney to refer certain persons for civil commitment under certain circumstances; requiring the agency with jurisdiction over a person who has been convicted of a sexually violent offense to give written notice to the multidisciplinary team as soon as practicable after receipt into custody of such person in a county or municipal jail facility; providing for certain released persons to be taken into custody by the Department of Children and Families; requiring the Department of Corrections to collect recidivism information, etc.
GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Sobel ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Detert
Sexually Violent Predators; Citing this act as the "Protecting Our Children and Adults from Sexual Predators Act"; requiring the Department of Children and Families to provide training to the members of the multidisciplinary team; requiring the department to maintain data on each case on the recommendations of the clinical evaluators; requiring the department to send to the state attorney a written assessment and determination as to whether a person meets the definition of a sexually violent predator, etc.
Glossary of Legislative Terms
CS/CS/CS/SB 526: Sexual Offenses
GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Judiciary ; Criminal Justice ; Bradley
Sexual Offenses; Authorizing orders limiting testimony in open court and in depositions if the victim or witness was a child under 16 years of age when a specified sexual offense occurred; imposing a 50-year minimum mandatory sentence for dangerous sexual felony offenders; providing that voyeurism includes secretly observing another person’s intimate areas in which the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, when the other person is located in a public or private dwelling, structure, or conveyance; authorizing the court to require a sexual offender or sexual predator who is on probation or community control to undergo an evaluation to determine whether the offender or predator needs sexual offender treatment, etc.
Glossary of Legislative Terms
CS/CS/SB 528: Sex Offenses
GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Judiciary ; Evers
Sex Offenses; Requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to inform the clerk of the court if a person petitioning for a name change has registered as a sexual predator or sexual offender; providing that voluntary disclosure of specified information waives a disclosure exemption for such information; adding additional offenses to the list of sexual predator qualifying offenses; requiring disclosure of additional information during the sexual predator registration process; providing criminal penalties for knowingly providing false registration information by act or omission, etc.
“One thing is correct; we’re throwing the kitchen sink at violent sexual predators. That’s an accurate
characterization of the bill” -- FL State Rep. Matt Gaetz
“I wouldn’t characterize my feelings towards those folks as hatred, I don’t think it rises to that level, but I can
guarantee you I darn sure have a bias against them, and I admit it, because they’re raping our children, and the mentally disabled, and the elderly. How can we not have a bias against them? That’s ridiculous.” – FL State Rep. Ross Spano
"We think that very long sentences are warranted; in fact, we'd like longer sentences. And I would just say in
closing that with respect to smart justice that maybe what we ought to really be doing is thinking about giving
the victims’ families an opportunity to have visitation with the perpetrators and a pair of scissors. That's our idea of smart justice, Mr. Chairman, not anything short of that." -- Barney Bishop III of Florida Smart Justice Alliance
This was just from the closing arguments from yesterday's FL House Judiciary Committee meeting. I listened to this sickening display and couldn't believe my ears. I can't tell you what was the worst of these. Was it the "Smart Justice" speaker advocating vigilante violence on the committee floor? Or was it the Rep admitting to a personal bias? Or was it the Speaker of the Committee gleefully joking about throwing the kitchen sink at registrants?
What people don't understand is that we have to challenge the dominant way of thinking HEAD ON. Where the bloody hell was the rest of the FAC, much less any registered citizen? Is Gail Colletta the only one with the guts to stand tall in this den of vipers? Nakohichi, where were you yesterday?