SB 2C Florida Senate · 2025 Special Session C

Immigration

Summary
Immigration; Providing that certain persons who vote in an election are guilty of a felony; prohibiting the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles from issuing a driver license or identification card to unauthorized aliens and undocumented immigrants; requiring a state attorney to seek to have the court sentence certain persons as dangerous unauthorized alien offenders; creating the State Board of Immigration Enforcement within the Department of Law Enforcement; creating the State Immigration Enforcement Council within the State Board of Immigration Enforcement for a specified purpose; requiring the Attorney General to initiate judicial proceedings in the name of the state in order to enforce compliance with an immigration detainer issued by a federal immigration agency; creating the Unauthorized Alien Transport Program within the Division of Emergency Management within the Executive Office of the Governor for a specified purpose, etc. APPROPRIATION: $298,830,552
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Feb 11, 2025 Signed Feb 13, 2025
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What changed between versions

S 2C Filed S 2C er · 6 edits
MODERATE
Florida Senate Bill 2C was finalized as an enrolled bill, transitioning from a draft version to its final legislative form. The bill establishes comprehensive immigration enforcement measures including criminal penalties for non-citizen voting, creates new state immigration enforcement agencies, mandates stricter driver's license requirements, and allocates significant funding for border security and local law enforcement grants.
Scope change
The bill maintains its original scope but transitions from draft legislation to enrolled status, making it ready for signing into law. No substantive policy scope changes occurred during the finalization process.
TIMELINE

The bill status changed from 'S 2C Filed' to 'ENROLLED', indicating it has passed all legislative stages and is ready for the Governor's signature.

FISCAL

Specific appropriation amounts were finalized: $680,046 recurring and $250,026,781 nonrecurring funds for the State Board of Immigration Enforcement, plus $12,553,547 recurring and $35,570,178 nonrecurring for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

ENFORCEMENT

The Unauthorized Alien Transport Program was created within the Division of Emergency Management to facilitate transport of unauthorized aliens when requested by federal immigration authorities.

The State Board of Immigration Enforcement and State Immigration Enforcement Council were created within the Department of Law Enforcement to coordinate with federal immigration authorities.

DEFINITION

The term 'valid passport' was defined to include specific federal documentation requirements for lawful presence in the United States.

REQUIREMENT

New requirements mandate that unauthorized aliens arrested for forcible felonies are not eligible for pretrial release under certain conditions.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2025 · House Feb 13, 2025

How they voted

2710
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Feb 13, 2025
D Democratic11
9 Nay 2
81% Nay
I Independent1
1 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican28
27 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Feb 13, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed; YEAS 85, NAYS 30
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed; YEAS 27 NAYS 10
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
Amendment(s) ruled out of order (885906)
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 12 NAYS 6
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/12/25, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
Referred to Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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