Holocaust Remembrance Day; Requires Governor to proclaim specified day annually as "Holocaust Remembrance Day"; authorizes "Holocaust Remembrance Day" to be observed in this state's public schools & be observed by public exercise as Governor may designate; authorizes specified instruction.
Combatting Illegal Immigration; Prohibits licensed money services businesses from initiating foreign remittance transfers unless they have verified that sender is not unauthorized alien; defines "foreign remittance transfer"; requires licensees to submit certain forms & penalties to Office of Financial Regulation of FSC; requires office to deposit such penalties into certain fund; requires that licensees make, keep, & preserve for 5 years records of certain documentation & penalties paid; authorizes office to request, & requires licensees to provide, records of certain documentation; authorizes filing of complaints; provides criminal penalties for knowingly filing false or frivolous complaints; imposes requirements on office upon receipt of valid complaint substantiated by evidence of violation; specifies that failure to comply with certain provisions constitutes grounds for suspension of all licenses issued by office.
Combatting Illegal Immigration, Terrorist Organizations, and Transnational Organized Crime and Their Illegal Immigrant Participants; Revises definition of term "criminal gang" & defines term "transnational criminal organization"; authorizes penalty enhancement of certain offenses upon finding by factfinder that defendant committed charged offense for specified purposes; specifies that all profits, proceeds, & instrumentalities of hate group activity, terrorist organization activity, & transnational criminal organization activity & all property used or intended or attempted to be used to facilitate such criminal activity are subject to seizure & forfeiture under Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act; provides criminal penalties for persons who knowingly initiate, organize, plan, finance, direct, manage, or supervise hate group's activities, terrorist organization's activities, or transnational criminal organization's activities.
Combatting Illegal Immigration; Establishes Office of Secure Florida within DOC; provides duties & responsibilities of office; & provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $1,725,423
Combatting Illegal Immigration; Requires presumption that no conditions of release will secure appearance at trial of unauthorized alien; requires state attorney or court to move for pretrial detention if court makes certain determinations; authorizes defendants to rebut presumption.
Maddy summaryHB 7A increases penalties for individuals who commit new crimes in Florida after being previously convicted under federal law for unlawful reentry (8 U.S.C. § 1326). It reclassifies subsequent offenses: for example, a second-degree misdemeanor becomes a first-degree misdemeanor, a first-degree misdemeanor becomes a third-degree felony, and a first-degree felony becomes a life felony. The bill directly affects people with prior convictions for illegal reentry who commit new crimes in Florida. The legislation was filed in January 2025 but died in the Criminal Justice Subcommittee without further action.
Combatting Illegal Immigration; Requiring law enforcement agencies to support enforcement of federal immigration law; requires, rather than authorizing, law enforcement agencies to transport certain persons securely to federal facility in this state or to another point of transfer to federal custody outside jurisdiction of law enforcement agency; specifies that certain provisions do not require state entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement agency to provide federal immigration agency with information related to victim of or witness to criminal offense that occurred in this state & for which there is ongoing investigation or prosecution.
Petition Process; Revising provisions related to constitutional amendments, signature verifications, filing fees, candidate petitions, citizen initiatives, fiscal impact, and petition forms.
Combatting Illegal Immigration; Provides that specified persons & entities are immune from liability for certain actions; creates civil cause of action for victims of crime committed by aliens against any person who knowingly & willfully aided or assisted alien in entering state; provides criminal penalties for adult aliens who knowingly enter or attempt to enter state after entering US by eluding or avoiding examination or inspection by immigration officers; requires arresting law enforcement agency to notify certain entities; provides criminal penalties for an adult alien who, after having been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or having departed US thereafter enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in this state; provides criminal penalties for persons who knowingly & willfully assist certain aliens who illegally entered or reentered US; provides affirmative defenses; authorizes defendant who is an alien to have any term of defendant's probationary sentence converted to administrative probation by DOC; requires department to be responsible for coordinating with defendant to arrange transportation; authorizes public funds to be used to procure transportation; requires court to verify certain information in hearing before defendant's departure from US.
Combatting Illegal Immigration; Revises oath person subscribes to upon registering to vote; provides criminal penalties for unauthorized aliens who willfully swear or affirm to any oath or affirmation in connection with or arising out of voting or elections & for persons who have knowledge that such registrant is unauthorized alien; provides criminal penalties for unauthorized aliens who willfully submit false voter registration information & for persons who have knowledge that such registrant is unauthorized alien; provides criminal penalties for unauthorized aliens who, knowing that they are not qualified electors, willfully vote at any election & for persons who aid or solicit another person who is unauthorized alien to such action.
