CALL TO ACTION FOR SB 1932

We are anticipating things to start heating up in Tallahassee for the remaining few weeks of the 2022 legislative session.  There are some FAC members who have been calling and emailing legislators these past two weeks, and we feel that some progress is being made in stopping these bills.  But more needs to be done to convince legislators that there are many Floridians who are opposed to these bills.

What needs to be done:

• Call the legislators on the committees listed below that will be hearing this bill.
• You will need to give your name, contact information (either an email address or phone number), state that you oppose the bill, and give one or two VERY BRIEF reasons why you oppose the bill.
• If you call after hours, voicemail will pick up. Give the same information listed above (your name, contact info, and you oppose the bill).  The aides all say that they do count the yeas and nays from the voicemails.
• If possible, also send an email listing the reasons why you oppose the bill. On the subject line, only put the bill number and that you oppose it.  (Example:  SB 1932, Oppose)

Talking points and contact information:

SENATE BILL 1932 (Author:  Senator Ed Hooper)

Our concerns:  (1) This bill would change the definition of day to include any part of a day; and (2) A State Attorney is currently allowed to attend any hearing for removal from the registry, but this bill would also allow FDLE to attend.

Talking Points:

• The definition of the word day is, and always has been, a 24-hour period – not any part of a calendar day.
• This bill would make it so that if you visited your parent’s home once a month, frequented your favorite restaurants, etc. throughout a calendar year, then it is possible that registrants would have to report all of these addresses as they would be “remaining” or “located” there for 3 days in the aggregate of a year (using the new definition of a day).
• There is confusion enough in our current statutes as to what constitutes a day. This bill will only add to the confusion.
• Costs will go up for sheriff’s offices as they will be inundated with registrants trying to register every address for every place they frequent on a regular basis.
• How is this making society safer?
• Concerning the FDLE being invited to hearings for removal from the registry, FDLE is not going to have any additional information to bring to the hearing that the State Attorney has not already brought. This bill would simply stack the opposition against a registered citizen.
• FDLE has financial incentives to keep people on the registry. Millions of dollars are paid every year to the state of Florida to monitor 80,000 people on the registry.

Committee members that need to be contacted to oppose SB 1932:

Senate Criminal Justice Committee

Senator Jason W. B. Pizzo (D)-Chair (850) 487-5038 pizzo.jason@flsenate.gov

Senator Jeff Brandes (R)-Vice Chair (850) 487-5024 Brandes.Jeff@flsenate.gov

Senator Dennis Baxley (R) (850) 487-5012 Baxley.Dennis@flsenate.gov

Senator Danny Burgess (R) (850) 487-5020 burgess.danny@flseanate.gov

Senator George B. Gainer (R) (850) 487-5002 Gainer.George@flsenate.gov

Senator Ed Hooper (R) (850) 487-5016 Hooper.Ed@flsenate.gov

Senator Keith Perry (R) (850) 487-5008 Perry.Keith@flsenate.gov

Senator Bobby Powell (D) (850) 487-5030 Powell.Bobby@flsenate.gov

Senator Annette Taddeo (D) (850) 487-5040 Taddeo.Annette@flsenate.gov

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Senator Keith Perry (R)-Chair (850) 487-5008 Perry.Keith@flsenate.gov

Senator Tom A. Wright (R)-Vice Chair (850) 487-5014 wright.tom@flsenate.gov

Senator Dennis Baxley (R) (850) 487-5012 Baxley.Dennis@flsenate.gov

Senator Randolph Bracy (D) (850) 487-5011 Bracy.Randolph@flsenate.gov

Senator George B. Gainer (R) (850) 487-5002 Gainer.George@flsenate.gov

Senator Jason W. B. Pizzo (D) (850) 487-5038 pizzo.jason@flsenate.gov

Senator Ana Maria Rodriguez (R) (850) 487-5039 rodriguez.ana@flsenate.gov

Senator Victor M. Torres, Jr. (D) (850) 487-5015 Torres.Victor@flsenate.gov

Senate Committee on Appropriations

Senator Kelli Stargel (R)-Chair (850) 487-5022 Stargel.Kelli@flsenate.gov

Senator Aaron Bean (R)-Vice Chair (850) 487-5004 Bean.Aaron@flsenate.gov

Senator Ben Albritton (R) (850) 487-5026 albritton.ben@flsenate.gov

Senator Dennis Baxley (R) (850) 487-5012 Baxley.Dennis@flsenate.gov

Senator Lauren Book (D) (850) 487-5032 Book.Lauren@flsenate.gov

Senator Randolph Bracy (D) (850) 487-5011 Bracy.Randolph@flsenate.gov

Senator Jeff Brandes (R) (850) 487-5024 Brandes.Jeff@flsenate.gov

Senator Doug Broxson (R) (850) 487-5001 Broxson.Doug@flsenate.gov

Senator Manny Diaz, Jr. (R) (850) 487-5036 diaz.manny@flsenate.gov

Senator George B. Gainer (R) (850) 487-5002 Gainer.George@flsenate.gov

Senator Audrey Gibson (D) (850) 487-5006 Gibson.Audrey@flsenate.gov

Senator Ed Hooper (R) (850) 487-5016 Hooper.Ed@flsenate.gov

Senator Travis Hutson (R) (850) 487-5007 Hutson.Travis@flsenate.gov

Senator Debbie Mayfield (R) (850) 487-5017 Mayfield.Debbie@flsenate.gov

Senator Kathleen Passidomo (R) (850) 487-5028 Passidomo.Kathleen@flsenate.gov

Senator Keith Perry (R) (850) 487-5008 Perry.Keith@flsenate.gov

Senator Jason W. B. Pizzo (D) (850) 487-5038 pizzo.jason@flsenate.gov

Senator Bobby Powell (D) (850) 487-5030 Powell.Bobby@flsenate.gov

Senator Darryl Ervin Rouson (D) (850) 487-5019 Rouson.Darryl@flsenate.gov

Senator Linda Stewart (D) (850) 487-5013 Stewart.Linda@flsenate.gov