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Florida · 2026 Regular Session

H1307 Unauthorized Aliens

Direction

Immigration enforcement employment e verifyAI label

Expands immigration enforcement model confidence 90%

Requires employers to use E-Verify to verify employment eligibility before submitting workers' compensation claims and expands penalties, fines, license revocation, and personal liability for employers who hire unauthorized aliens, so more immigration enforcement via employment verification and bans

requiring an employer to verify an employee's employment eligibility before submitting a workers' compensation claim

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Immigration enforcement state federal cooperationAI label

Expands immigration enforcement model confidence 80%

Requires the Department of Financial Services to transfer reported violations involving unauthorized aliens to appropriate licensing authorities and expands state penalties and license actions against employers of unauthorized aliens, so more state enforcement tied to federal immigration status

The department shall transfer reported violations of this section to the appropriate licensing authority for enforcement.

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Immigration enforcement otherAI label

Expands immigration enforcement model confidence 85%

Prohibits state and local entities from providing down payment assistance or certain licenses to unauthorized aliens, denies certain workers' compensation and risk management claims for unauthorized adults, creates presumptions of fault in accidents, and restricts use of foreign IDs or remittances,,

prohibiting certain entities and corporations from providing down payment assistance to a person who was an unauthorized alien at the time such assistance was received

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Status: Failed

Last action
2026-03-13: Died in State Affairs Committee
Filed
2026-01-08
Sponsor
Commerce Committee, Berny Jacques R, Kiyan Michael R + 1 cosponsor (1 R)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands immigration enforcement by mandating E-Verify use for workers' compensation eligibility, increasing penalties and personal liability for employers hiring unauthorized aliens, prohibiting various state and local benefits or licenses based on immigration status, denying certain claims, and imposing presumptions and restrictions tied to unauthorized status. No provisions address firearms, transgender issues, or abortion.

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Hearings and calendar

Votes

DateChamberMotionYea-Nay
2026-02-10HHouse Commerce Committee20-5Passed

Sponsors

Text versions

History (16 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-03-13HDied in State Affairs Committee
2026-02-13H1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2026-02-13HNow in State Affairs Committee
2026-02-13HReferred to Judiciary Committee
2026-02-13HReferred to State Affairs Committee
2026-02-12HCS Filed
2026-02-12HLaid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2026-02-12HReported out of Commerce Committee
2026-02-10HFavorable with CS by Commerce Committee
2026-02-06HAdded to Commerce Committee agenda
2026-01-15HNow in Commerce Committee
2026-01-15HReferred to Judiciary Committee
2026-01-15HReferred to State Affairs Committee
2026-01-15HReferred to Commerce Committee
2026-01-13H1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2026-01-08HFiled