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Bill Text

1542 
Immigration 
2026-01-09T03:17:51Z 
Revising the duties and responsibilities of the Office of Economic Accountability and Transparency within the Department of Commerce; revising penalties, including suspension and revocation of certain licenses and the imposition of fines, for violating provisions related to employing unauthorized aliens; requiring that such fines be deposited into a specified trust fund; requiring that all private employers, rather than only those employing a specified number or more of employees, use the E-Verify system to verify a new employee’s employment eligibility, 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 1542 

 By Senator Pizzo 

 37-01547A-26 20261542__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to immigration; amending s. 20.60, 
 3 F.S.; revising the duties and responsibilities of the 
 4 Office of Economic Accountability and Transparency 
 5 within the Department of Commerce; amending s. 448.09, 
 6 F.S.; revising penalties, including suspension and 
 7 revocation of certain licenses and the imposition of 
 8 fines, for violating provisions related to employing 
 9 unauthorized aliens; requiring that such fines be 
 10 deposited into a specified trust fund; conforming 
 11 provisions to changes made by the act; providing 
 12 increased penalties, including suspension and 
 13 permanent revocation of certain licenses and the 
 14 imposition of fines, for violating provisions related 
 15 to employing unauthorized aliens if such an employee’s 
 16 actions result in specified injuries or death; 
 17 requiring that such fines be deposited into a 
 18 specified trust fund; amending s. 448.095, F.S.; 
 19 revising the definition of the term “employee”; 
 20 providing that an individual who receives a Form 1099 
 21 from his or her employer is an employee; requiring 
 22 that all private employers, rather than only those 
 23 employing a specified number or more of employees, use 
 24 the E-Verify system to verify a new employee’s 
 25 employment eligibility; prohibiting the awarding of 
 26 future public contracts by any public agency in this 
 27 state to specified contractors; requiring that certain 
 28 fines be deposited into a specified trust fund; 
 29 conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 
 30 amending s. 908.104, F.S.; authorizing law enforcement 
 31 agencies to use the E-Verify system to investigate a 
 32 detained person’s immigration status; reenacting s. 
 33 163.3162(2)(g), F.S., relating to agricultural lands 
 34 and practices, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 
 35 448.095, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an 
 36 effective date. 
 37 
 38 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 39 
 40 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 
 41 20.60, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 42 20.60 Department of Commerce; creation; powers and duties.— 
 43 (3)(a) The following divisions and offices of the 
 44 Department of Commerce are established: 
 45 1. The Division of Economic Development. 
 46 2. The Division of Community Development. 
 47 3. The Division of Workforce Services. 
 48 4. The Division of Finance and Administration. 
 49 5. The Division of Information Technology. 
 50 6. The Office of the Secretary. 
 51 7. The Office of Economic Accountability and Transparency, 
 52 which shall: 
 53 a. Oversee the department’s critical objectives as 
 54 determined by the secretary and make sure that the department’s 
 55 key objectives are clearly communicated to the public. 
 56 b. Organize department resources, expertise, data, and 
 57 research to focus on and solve the complex economic challenges 
 58 facing the state. 
 59 c. Provide leadership for the department’s priority issues 
 60 that require integration of policy, management, and critical 
 61 objectives from multiple programs and organizations internal and 
 62 external to the department; and organize and manage external 
 63 communication on such priority issues. 
 64 d. Promote and facilitate key department initiatives to 
 65 address priority economic issues and explore data and identify 
 66 opportunities for innovative approaches to address such economic 
 67 issues. 
 68 e. Promote strategic planning for the department. 
 69 f. Administer and enforce the E-Verify system and 
 70 employment authorization compliance as set forth in ss. 448.09 
 71 and 448.095. 
 72 Section 2. Present subsection (5) of section 448.09, 
 73 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (8), new 
 74 subsections (5), (6), and (7) are added to that section, and 
 75 subsections (3) and (4) of that section are amended, to read: 
 76 448.09 Unauthorized aliens; employment prohibited.— 
 77 (3) For an employer that violates this section, the 
 78 department shall suspend or revoke all licenses issued by a 
 79 licensing agency pursuant to chapter 120 for 1 year and impose a 
 80 fine not to exce