Immigration
Summary
Immigration; Prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from providing funds to any person, entity, or organization to issue identification documents to an individual who does not provide proof of lawful presence in the United States; specifying that certain driver licenses and permits issued by other states exclusively to unauthorized immigrants are not valid in this state; requiring certain hospitals to collect patient immigration status data information on admission or registration forms; requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to enter a certain order and require repayment of certain economic development incentives if the department finds or is notified that an employer has knowingly employed an unauthorized alien without verifying the employment eligibility of such person, etc. APPROPRIATION: $12,000,000
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Mar 14, 2023
Signed May 10, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 28, 2023 · House May 2, 2023
How they voted
26–10
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
Apr 28, 2023
D
Democratic11
81% Nay
I
Independent1
100% Nay
R
Republican27
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
50
Key actions
7
Committee
6
May 10, 2023
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
May 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 83, NAYS 36
lower
Apr 28, 2023
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Apr 28, 2023
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 27 NAYS 10
upper
Apr 26, 2023
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Apr 20, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/25/23, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 14, 2023
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Mar 10, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/15/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 9, 2023
Committee
Referred to Rules; Fiscal Policy
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Blaise Ingoglia
RRepublican
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