Legislative Matrices posted on FAC website:  Paper Felonies and more on the agenda

The Legislative Committee has posted two lists of legislative bills working their way through various subcommittees of the Florida Senate and House on the FAC website.  A link is provided below.  The matrices are located in the Legislative Committee section under the header “Committees” on the menu bar found above and just below the FAC logo.     One matrix highlights

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Washington state proposing to add a “sex offender” to management board

A bill has been introduced in Washington that would extend membership to the Washington State’s Sex Offender Policy Board (SOPB) to people who served time in jail for sex offenses.  The group would be extended to include a member of a sex offender advocacy group and “a representative with lived experience with incarceration for a sex offense,” among others. SOPB

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Why Chevron Matters

Arguing before the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) is a case challenging the Chevron Doctrine.  This doctrine provides that when unknowns, or ambiguity, exists, matters should be deferred to the professional experience of the government agency involved.     This doctrine enables federal agencies to write rules to implement laws dutifully passed by Congress, but to “fill in the gap” and draft,

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Congress considers making AI produced porn a federal crime and would allow victims to sue offenders

Congressman Joe Morelle, D-NY, has introduced a bill that would make the creation and dissemination of AI produced porn a federal crime.  This is often called deep fake porn because it uses computer technology to blend the face of a real person onto the image of someone else’s nude body.     AI has advanced this ability with new technology that

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Registering Internet Identifiers – Revised

Florida Statute 943.0435(4)(e)1 requires all registered offenders to register email addresses and internet identifiers with their local jurisdiction within 48 hours of initial use.  The internet identifiers are your username (moniker, designation, screen name, or other name used for self-identification)  and the software, website, or app that are being used.    Due to the vagueness of the requirement relative to

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