Florida 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee 2 D cosponsors

HB 1435 — Immigration and State-issued Identification

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Immigration and State-issued Identification; Creates Office for New Americans in Department of Commerce; provides requirements for Office for New Americans; provides that discrimination based on person's immigration status is unlawful; revises provisions of law relating to driver licenses, licensing, E-Verify System, the practice of law, federal immigration detainers, law enforcement agencies, DNA samples, education, & reclassification of penalties based on a person's immigration status; removes provisions of law relating to hospital patient data collection, human smuggling, sanctuary policies, duties relating to immigration detainees, reimbursement of costs, & sentence of death for capital offense committed by unauthorized alien; prohibits law enforcement agencies or officers, sheriff's deputies, & federal immigration agencies from engaging in certain immigration enforcement activities within a specified distance of public or private schools, child care facilities, or religious institutions.

Bill Text

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The bill establishes the Office for New Americans and introduces various changes to licensing, discrimination laws, and immigration enforcement policies in Florida.

  • 20.60

    8. The Office for New Americans, which shall: a. Create and implement a statewide strategy and program to foster and promote immigrant and refugee inclusion in this state in order to improve economic mobility, enhance civic participation, and improve receiving communities' openness to immigrants and refugees. b. Address this state's workforce needs by connecting employers and job seekers within the immigrant and refugee community. c. Serve as an information clearinghouse for state.

    Establishes the Office for New Americans to support immigrant inclusion and workforce connections.

  • 322.08

    The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles may require an applicant to produce specific documents from the United States Department of Homeland Security for purposes of identification. → The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles may require proof of a specified identification number for certain applicants for a driver license.

    Changes the requirements for obtaining a driver license by requiring a specific identification number.

  • 322.12

    The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall not waive certain tests for applicants who provide proof of identity using specified foreign documents.

    Prohibits waiving tests for applicants using foreign identification documents.

  • 322.142

    The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall disclose or make accessible certain photographs and related information to any agency that primarily enforces immigration law. → The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall not disclose or make accessible certain photographs and related information to any agency that primarily enforces immigration law or to any employee or agent of such agency.

    Restricts sharing of personal information with immigration enforcement agencies.

  • 322.17

    An applicant may submit fingerprints and other unique biometric means of identity with an application for a driver license.

    Removes the requirement for applicants to submit fingerprints for a driver license application.

  • 322.19

    A licensee shall obtain a duplicate or replacement instruction permit or driver license, renew a driver license, or change his or her name or address in person and upon submission of specified identification documents under certain circumstances.

    Requires personal appearance and specific identification documents for various license transactions.

  • 908.104

    Certain law enforcement agencies must facilitate a screening by a public defender of a person subject to a federal immigration detainer who is in the agency's custody.

    Mandates screening for detainees subject to immigration detainers.

  • 760.01

    Discrimination based on a person's immigration status is unlawful.

    Makes discrimination based on immigration status illegal.

  • 760.45

    Prohibits a person or entity from discriminating against an individual because the individual holds or presents a driver license that does not comply with the REAL ID Act of 2005.

    Protects individuals from discrimination related to non-compliant driver licenses.

  • 448.095

    Private employers are required to use the E-Verify System to verify the employment eligibility of their employees.

    Removes mandatory E-Verify requirements for private employers.

Action History

  1. Died in Judiciary Committee

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. Now in Judiciary Committee

  4. Referred to State Affairs Committee

  5. Referred to Budget Committee

  6. Referred to Commerce Committee

  7. Referred to Judiciary Committee

  8. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  9. Filed

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 162 not signed on

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1435 do?
Immigration and State-issued Identification; Creates Office for New Americans in Department of Commerce; provides requirements for Office for New Americans; provides that discrimination based on person's immigration status is unlawful; revises provisions of law relating to driver licenses, licensing, E-Verify System, the practice of law, federal immigration detainers, law enforcement agencies, DNA samples, education, & reclassification of penalties based on a person's immigration status; removes provisions of law relating to hospital patient data collection, human smuggling, sanctuary policies, duties relating to immigration detainees, reimbursement of costs, & sentence of death for capital offense committed by unauthorized alien; prohibits law enforcement agencies or officers, sheriff's deputies, & federal immigration agencies from engaging in certain immigration enforcement activities within a specified distance of public or private schools, child care facilities, or religious institutions.
Who sponsors HB 1435?
HB 1435 is sponsored by Chambliss, Kevin D. (Democrat) and Joseph, Dotie (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 1435?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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