If the Governor signs off on HB 255, a bill he received on Friday, Florida will soon have a searchable registry of people convicted of animal cruelty. The bill directs the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to post on its website a database of those who have committed crimes of animal abuse. While cities have them, this would be a statewide resource. Per a House bill summary, “registrants are not allowed to own, possess, or reside in the same…