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Florida First Public Safety and Immigration Cooperation Act

Status: FailedState: FloridaIssue: Immigration
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Summary

This bill requires Florida state and local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities when people unlawfully present in the U.S. are charged with or convicted of serious crimes, bars local limits on that cooperation, adds penalty enhancements for certain felony convictions, and mandates annual compliance reporting. It frames implementation around public safety, due process, and uniform statewide enforcement.

Full text

The State of Florida shall require all state and local law-enforcement agencies and detention facilities to use best efforts to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in identifying, detaining as authorized by law, and transferring individuals unlawfully present in the United States who are charged with or convicted of a felony or specified violent misdemeanor, and shall prohibit any county or municipality from adopting policies that materially restrict such cooperation. The bill further provides for enhanced state criminal penalties, consistent with constitutional limits, when a person unlawfully present in the United States is convicted of a felony offense committed in Florida, requires annual compliance reporting by local agencies to the state, and directs implementation in a manner that prioritizes public safety, due process, and uniform statewide enforcement.

Add: Provided that any detention extending beyond a person's otherwise-lawful release shall be supported by a judicial warrant or a judicial determination of probable cause.

Amendment history (2)
  • Amendment #2•
    Squares the detainer language with Fourth Amendment holdings that have cost jurisdictions in court, ensuring "as authorized by law" means a judicial finding rather than an administrative request.
  • Amendment #1•
    Limits detention and federal transfer to people actually convicted, eliminating the pre-conviction trigger that detains on a mere charge.

Sponsor

Samuel SharpRepublican Party

Cosponsors

None yet

Motions

Motions are closed because debate has concluded for this bill.