Associated PressMarch 19, 2021
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Lauren Book's bill approved unanimously.
Tag: sexual predators
Associated PressMarch 19, 2021
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 2, 2018
2min181
2018 began for the Jacksonville City Council with some holdover business from 2017: a proposed lessening of residency distance requirements for sexual predators. The bill has been around since September, and is headed toward the graveyard of dead bills. Councilors spiked it by a 2-5 margin Tuesday in the Neighborhoods, Community Services, Public Health and […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 6, 20173min788
A Jacksonville City Council bill that would lower distance requirements between the residences of sexual predators and day care centers/schools was deferred Monday in its first committee. Current ordinance mandates a 2,500 feet distance; the bill would lower the distance to 1,500 feet, which is still higher than the state requirement of 1,000 feet. Councilman Bill Gulliford, the […]
A.G. GancarskiApril 20, 2016
3min246
A bill has been filed in Jacksonville to increase regulation of sexual predators and to clarify prohibited activities for that criminal subset. 2016-233, filed by Council President Greg Anderson at the request of the General Counsel, would change ordinance code to clarify the types of events and decorations from which sexual predators and offenders are barred. The […]