Combatting Illegal Immigration; Requiring the presumption that no conditions of release will secure the appearance at trial of an unauthorized alien; requiring the state attorney or the court to move for pretrial detention if the court makes certain determinations; authorizing defendants to rebut the presumption, etc.
SB 10A would create the "Office of Secure Florida" within Florida's Department of Commerce to enforce two specific state laws: Florida's employment verification rules (E-Verify) and requirements for foreign-owned property purchases. The bill appropriates $1.7 million for the office to hire 10 staff for the 2024-2025 fiscal year to administer these enforcement duties. It directly affects employers using E-Verify and foreign individuals or entities buying property in Florida. The bill died in committee on January 27, 2025, and has not become law.
Combatting Illegal Immigration; Requiring the penalty reclassification of certain crimes committed after unlawful reentry into the United States, etc.
Combatting Illegal Immigration; Providing that specified persons and entities are immune from liability for damages arising from certain causes of action; requiring the state to indemnify certain elected or appointed persons; specifying that persons entitled to indemnification are entitled to representation by the Attorney General; creating a civil cause of action for victims of any crime committed by aliens under certain circumstances against any person who knowingly and willfully aided or assisted the alien in entering this state; providing criminal penalties for adult aliens who knowingly enter or attempt to enter this state after entering the United States by eluding or avoiding examination or inspection by immigration officers, etc.
Postsecondary Out-of-state Fee Waivers; Deleting provisions relating to the waiver of out-of-state fees for certain students, including students who are undocumented for federal immigration purposes, etc.
Petition Process; Revising the criteria that the Attorney General uses when petitioning the Supreme Court for an advisory opinion related to a proposed revision or amendment to the State Constitution; requiring the Division of Elections to create a uniform petition form for candidates to gather signatures for a candidate petition; authorizing a supervisor of elections to verify certain signatures only if a certain petition form is used; requiring sponsors of an initiative amendment to register as political committees before circulating any initiative petition forms to voters; requiring the division to assign initiative petitions a petition number and create a certain form; authorizing that initiative petition forms approved by the Secretary of State may continue to be circulated, etc.
Combatting Illegal Immigration; Requiring law enforcement agencies to support the enforcement of federal immigration law; requiring, rather than authorizing, law enforcement agencies to transport certain persons securely to a federal facility in this state or to another point of transfer to federal custody outside the jurisdiction of the law enforcement agency, etc.
Combatting Illegal Immigration; Revising the oath a person subscribes to upon registering to vote; providing criminal penalties for unauthorized aliens who willfully swear or affirm to any oath or affirmation in connection with or arising out of voting or elections and for persons who have knowledge that such a registrant is an unauthorized alien, etc.
Combatting Illegal Immigration, Terrorist Organizations, and Transnational Organized Crime and Their Illegal Immigrant Participants; Revising the definition of the term “criminal gang” and defining the term “transnational criminal organization”; authorizing the penalty enhancement of certain offenses upon a finding by the factfinder that the defendant committed the charged offense for specified purposes; specifying that all profits, proceeds, and instrumentalities of hate group activity, terrorist organization activity, and transnational criminal organization activity and all property used or intended or attempted to be used to facilitate such criminal activity are subject to seizure and forfeiture under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act; providing criminal penalties for persons who knowingly initiate, organize, plan, finance, direct, manage, or supervise a hate group’s activities, terrorist organization’s activities, or transnational criminal organization’s activities, etc.
Combatting Illegal Immigration; Prohibiting licensed money services businesses from initiating foreign remittance transfers unless they have verified that the sender is not an unauthorized alien; defining the term “foreign remittance transfer”; requiring the Financial Services Commission to adopt certain rules; requiring that licensees make, keep, and preserve for 5 years records of certain documentation and penalties paid; authorizing the Office of Financial Regulation of the commission to request, and requiring licensees to provide, records of certain documentation, etc.
Combatting Illegal Immigration; Prohibits licensed money services businesses from initiating foreign remittance transfers unless they have verified that sender is not unauthorized alien; defines "foreign remittance transfer"; requires licensees to submit certain forms & penalties to Office of Financial Regulation of FSC; requires office to deposit such penalties into certain fund; requires that licensees make, keep, & preserve for 5 years records of certain documentation & penalties paid; authorizes office to request, & requires licensees to provide, records of certain documentation; authorizes filing of complaints; provides criminal penalties for knowingly filing false or frivolous complaints; imposes requirements on office upon receipt of valid complaint substantiated by evidence of violation; specifies that failure to comply with certain provisions constitutes grounds for suspension of all licenses issued by office.
Combatting Illegal Immigration, Terrorist Organizations, and Transnational Organized Crime and Their Illegal Immigrant Participants; Revises definition of term "criminal gang" & defines term "transnational criminal organization"; authorizes penalty enhancement of certain offenses upon finding by factfinder that defendant committed charged offense for specified purposes; specifies that all profits, proceeds, & instrumentalities of hate group activity, terrorist organization activity, & transnational criminal organization activity & all property used or intended or attempted to be used to facilitate such criminal activity are subject to seizure & forfeiture under Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act; provides criminal penalties for persons who knowingly initiate, organize, plan, finance, direct, manage, or supervise hate group's activities, terrorist organization's activities, or transnational criminal organization's activities.
