TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A loophole in Florida’s sexual offender registration law would be closed under a bill the Senate unanimously passed.
The vote Thursday was in response to a child molester who didn’t have to register because he didn’t pay a court ordered fine.
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A judge ruled last year that Ray La Vel James of Tampa didn’t have to register as a sex offender because the law states registration isn’t required until a sentence is completed.
James hadn’t paid a $10,000 fine that was part of his sentence.
James spent 12 years in prison after being convicted of molesting two girls at a public pool.