Requires non-lawyer immigration service providers to post notices disclaiming ability to give legal advice or represent clients in immigration matters, and prohibits notaries from using terms implying immigration legal expertise, so increases transparency and reduces unauthorized practice in the ads
A business or person offering immigration services, other than a person holding an active license to practice law in this state or otherwise permitted to practice law or represent others under federal law in an immigration matter, must post on the business’s or person’s main website and at the business’s or person’s place of business, in English and in every other language in which the business or person provides or offers immigration services, conspicuous notices with the following statement:
✓ Quote verified word for word in the bill text
Filed (completed)
Committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both
Governor
Law
Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2025-04-28: Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 915 (Ch. 2025-82)
Filed
2025-02-18
Sponsor
Rules, Commerce and Tourism, Tina Polsky D + 3 cosponsors (3 D)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill addresses advertising and notice requirements specifically for immigration services and notaries offering such services. It expands immigration-enforcement by imposing stricter disclosure rules that deter unauthorized practice of immigration law. The civil-cause-of-action provisions are procedural enforcement mechanisms and do not themselves expand or restrict the underlying immigration-enforcement axis.
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