Florida SB 1380: Unauthorized Aliens

Bill Text

1380 
Unauthorized Aliens 
2026-01-07T10:43:25Z 
Prohibiting the Department of Financial Services from issuing a license or certification to unauthorized aliens; authorizing a county to require a borrower to provide proof of being lawfully present in the United States; authorizing the Division of Risk Management to approve or deny claims relating to a minor who is an unauthorized alien; requiring that certain procedures, instruction, and testing be conducted in English; prohibiting certain entities and corporations from providing down payment assistance to unauthorized aliens, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1380 

 By Senator Martin 

 33-00841C-26 20261380__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to unauthorized aliens; creating s. 
 3 17.72, F.S.; prohibiting the Department of Financial 
 4 Services from issuing a license or certification to 
 5 unauthorized aliens; requiring the department to adopt 
 6 rules; amending s. 125.0167, F.S.; authorizing a 
 7 county to require a borrower to provide proof of being 
 8 lawfully present in the United States; creating s. 
 9 284.52, F.S.; defining terms; authorizing the Division 
 10 of Risk Management to approve or deny claims relating 
 11 to a minor who is an unauthorized alien; prohibiting 
 12 the division from approving any claim submitted by an 
 13 adult who is an unauthorized alien or fails to provide 
 14 lawful documentation of citizenship; amending s. 
 15 322.53, F.S.; requiring that certain procedures, 
 16 instruction, and testing be conducted in English; 
 17 prohibiting the use of interpreters, translators, 
 18 translations, or alternate language accommodations; 
 19 creating s. 420.56, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting 
 20 certain entities and corporations from providing down 
 21 payment assistance to unauthorized aliens; requiring 
 22 an unauthorized alien to repay such down payment 
 23 assistance, if received; authorizing certain entities 
 24 and corporations to initiate foreclosure proceedings 
 25 under certain circumstances; amending s. 420.5088, 
 26 F.S.; providing that the purpose of the Florida 
 27 Homeownership Assistance Program is to assist in 
 28 purchasing homes certain persons who are lawfully 
 29 present in the United States; amending s. 420.5096, 
 30 F.S.; providing that the purpose of the Florida 
 31 Hometown Hero Program is to assist certain persons who 
 32 are lawfully present in the United States; amending s. 
 33 440.02, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 
 34 “employee”; amending s. 440.10, F.S.; conforming a 
 35 provision to changes made by the act; creating s. 
 36 440.1001, F.S.; defining the term “unauthorized 
 37 alien”; providing that an employer who hires or 
 38 employs an unauthorized alien is personally liable for 
 39 any medical and treatment costs resulting from an 
 40 injury to such person; prohibiting an employer from 
 41 transferring or shifting financial responsibility for 
 42 such injury to others; providing administrative 
 43 penalties; requiring fines collected to be deposited 
 44 into the Workers’ Compensation Administration Trust 
 45 Fund; requiring the department to transfer reported 
 46 violations to appropriate licensing authorities; 
 47 creating s. 440.1002, F.S.; defining the term “E 
 48 Verify system”; requiring an employer to verify an 
 49 employee’s employment eligibility before submitting a 
 50 workers’ compensation claim; requiring employers to 
 51 retain and provide to the department upon request 
 52 certain documentation and verification; providing 
 53 construction; authorizing the department to adopt 
 54 rules; amending s. 448.09, F.S.; providing 
 55 administrative and criminal penalties for an employer 
 56 who knowingly employs, hires, recruits, or refers an 
 57 unauthorized alien; requiring fines collected to be 
 58 deposited into the State Economic Enhancement and 
 59 Development Trust Fund; providing a civil cause of 
 60 action; amending s. 448.095, F.S.; authorizing the 
 61 department to request certain verification of an 
 62 employee’s employment eligibility; amending s. 
 63 560.208, F.S.; requiring a licensee to verify a 
 64 person’s citizenship status before initiating a 
 65 foreign remittance transfer; defining the term 
 66 “foreign remittance transfer”; requiring the Financial 
 67 Services Commission to adopt certain rules; requiring 
 68 licensees to submit certain forms to the commission 
 69 within a specified timeframe; providing an 
 70 administrative penalty for a specified violation; 
 71 requiring a licensee subject to such penalty to submit 
 72 payment to the commission within a specified 
 73 timeframe; requiring the commission to deposit 
 74 penalties collected into the Regulatory Trust Fund; 
 75 providing construction; amending s. 560.211, F.S.; 
 76 requiring licensees to make, keep, and preserve 
 77 certain documentation used to verify that a sender