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FL H0015
Bill
Status
Failed
1/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Mike Caruso
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AI Summary
- Revises the voter registration oath to add language requiring the applicant to affirm U.S. citizenship and acknowledge that providing false information may result in criminal penalties for perjury, fines, imprisonment, or deportation/refusal of entry for non-citizens
- Elevates false swearing or submitting false voter registration information from a third-degree felony to a second-degree felony when committed by an unauthorized alien or by a person who knowingly assists an unauthorized alien in the violation
- Elevates willful voting by an unqualified elector from a third-degree felony to a second-degree felony when the voter is an unauthorized alien, or when a person knowingly aids or solicits an unauthorized alien to vote
- Criminal penalty enhancements under s. 104.011 take effect March 31, 2025; remaining provisions take effect upon becoming law
- Includes a severability clause providing that if any provision is held invalid, the remaining provisions remain in effect
Legislative Description
Combatting Illegal Immigration
Last Action
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/27/2025
Committee Referrals
Government Operations Subcommittee1/27/2025
Full Bill Text
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