Florida SB 328: Veteran Identification

Bill Text

328 
Immigration, Law Enforcement, and State-issued Identification 
2025-11-03T08:07:12Z 
Citing this act as the “Florida Economic Prosperity and Immigration Act”; requiring proof of a specified identification number for certain applicants for a driver license; prohibiting the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles from disclosing or making accessible certain photographs and related information to any agency that primarily enforces immigration law or to any employee or agent of such agency; deleting the requirement for certain private employers to use the E-Verify system; providing that discrimination based on a person’s immigration status is unlawful; requiring covered immigration officers to wear specified visible identification during public immigration enforcement functions, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 328 

 By Senator Smith 

 17-00422-26 2026328__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to immigration, law enforcement, and 
 3 state-issued identification; providing a short title 
 4 and purpose of the act; amending s. 20.60, F.S.; 
 5 establishing the Office for New Americans in the 
 6 Department of Commerce; providing responsibilities of 
 7 the Office for New Americans; amending s. 322.08, 
 8 F.S.; requiring proof of a specified identification 
 9 number for certain applicants for a driver license; 
 10 deleting a provision authorizing the Department of 
 11 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to require 
 12 applicants to produce certain documents from the 
 13 United States Department of Homeland Security for 
 14 certain purposes; authorizing the use of additional 
 15 specified documents issued by foreign governments to 
 16 satisfy proof-of-identity requirements; providing that 
 17 a driver license or temporary permit issued based on 
 18 specified documents is valid for a specified period; 
 19 deleting a provision authorizing applications to 
 20 include fingerprints and other unique biometric means 
 21 of identity; amending s. 322.12, F.S.; prohibiting the 
 22 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles from 
 23 waiving certain tests for applicants who provide proof 
 24 of identity using specified foreign documents; 
 25 amending s. 322.142, F.S.; providing a short title; 
 26 defining the term “agency that primarily enforces 
 27 immigration law”; prohibiting the Department of 
 28 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles from disclosing or 
 29 making accessible certain photographs and related 
 30 information to any agency that primarily enforces 
 31 immigration law or to any employee or agent of such 
 32 agency; providing exceptions; requiring that the 
 33 department notify a person about whom certain 
 34 information was requested; requiring that the 
 35 department require a person or entity to certify 
 36 specified information before such person or entity 
 37 receives or has access to certain information; 
 38 requiring such person or entity to keep certain 
 39 records for a specified period; requiring that such 
 40 records be maintained in a manner and form prescribed 
 41 by department rule and be available for inspection by 
 42 the department; amending ss. 322.17, 322.18, and 
 43 322.19, F.S.; requiring a licensee to obtain a 
 44 duplicate or replacement instruction permit or driver 
 45 license, renew a driver license, or change his or her 
 46 name or address, respectively, in person and upon 
 47 submission of specified identification documents under 
 48 certain circumstances; providing that a license or 
 49 permit issued based on specified identification 
 50 documents is valid for a specified period; repealing 
 51 s. 395.3027, F.S., relating to patient immigration 
 52 status data collection; amending s. 402.308, F.S.; 
 53 prohibiting certain entities from denying a license or 
 54 license renewal to a child care facility based solely 
 55 on the immigration status of a child under the 
 56 facility’s care; amending s. 448.095, F.S.; deleting 
 57 the requirement for certain private employers to use 
 58 the E-Verify system; deleting the prohibition against 
 59 employers continuing to employ certain persons; 
 60 authorizing employers, state contractors, and 
 61 subcontractors to use the Employment Eligibility 
 62 Verification form to verify work authorization status; 
 63 deleting provisions requiring subcontractors to 
 64 provide a certain affidavit, terminating certain 
 65 contracts, and providing a cause of action; amending 
 66 s. 454.021, F.S.; deleting provisions relating to a 
 67 person’s immigration status when admitting persons to 
 68 practice law in this state; amending ss. 760.01, 
 69 760.05, 760.07, 760.08, 760.10, 760.23, 760.24, 
 70 760.25, 760.26, 760.29, and 760.60, F.S.; providing 
 71 that discrimination based on a person’s immigration 
 72 status is unlawful; creating s. 760.45, F.S.; 
 73 prohibiting a person or entity from discriminat