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The Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law released its report on sex offense civil commitment and MSOP (Minnesota Sex Offender Program):  Sex Offense Civil Commitment – Minnesota’s Failed Investment and the $110 Million Opportunity to Stop Sexual Violence.  A broad coalition of people and organizations have stepped forward to support the report’s recommendations

The National Association for Rational Sex Offense Laws (NARSOL) will hold the 16th annual conference in Atlanta GA, June 20-23, 2024. As the NARSOL state affiliate for Florida, and for the first time ever, all FAC Board Directors are available this year to attend, together with several FAC members.  If you will be at the conference, send an email to

“Most youth who exhibit problematic sexual behavior don’t need punishment.  They need help.”  (Salon, by Teresa Huizar, April 24, 2024) The public needs to start basing their decisions on the abundance of research we now have.  “Ninety-seven percent of children charged with sexual offenses never offend again…We should treat youth with these behaviors with the same nuance, care and attention

In our recent posting for the FAC Veterans Support Group, a question was asked in the comments’ section concerning VA burial benefits.   My husband recently passed away, and I chose to have his ashes buried at the Jacksonville National Cemetery.  Part of the process involved a questionnaire that was given to me over the phone.  At the end of

According to KXAN NBC in Austin Texas, Florida Action Committee President Gail Colletta has described Boyd’s bill as “state-sanctioned eugenics.”  Colletta says that “this bill, if enacted into law, would violate the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, as it would mandate forced mutilation resulting in a permanent loss of an important

Dave Byrnes of the Courthouse News Service wrote that the Seventh Circuit panel heard two cases against Wisconsin’s sex offense laws.  In one case, two separate plaintiffs argued that the state laws were unjust.  In the second case, the three plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s housing regulations for those labeled as sexually violent. SOURCE  

Recently we posted an article describing HB 166 that Representative Delisha Boyd is sponsoring in Louisiana—any person who is convicted of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 may be considered for a vasectomy. This bill passed the Louisiana House with 80 yeas and 12 nays.  It is now in the Senate. FAC’s mission deals only with registry matters

The changes in HB 1235 apply to ALL people on the registry, whether they are forced to register as a sex offender or sexual predator.     For the purpose of calculating a temporary residence, the first day that a person abides, lodges, or resides at a place is excluded (meaning the first day of your in-state travel does NOT count)

This order addresses only the reporting requirements of those forced to register as a sex offender, NOT sexual predators.  There is NO change to current operations as they pertain to a person with the label of predator forced upon them.   FDLE interprets the order to mean: Persons forced to register (PFRs) as sex offenders no longer report to the

A bill that should have gone nowhere in Louisiana’s legislative body, has passed in the House and has had a first reading in the Senate.  HB 166 is the vasectomy bill: “In addition to any other penalties provided by law, any person who is convicted of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 may be subject to a vasectomy