The bill introduces comprehensive changes to Florida's immigration and voting laws, establishing a new section, 104.155, which makes it a felony for noncitizens to willfully vote in elections, with ignorance of citizenship status not being a valid defense. It also criminalizes the act of aiding or soliciting noncitizens to vote. The legislation further defines "valid passport" and amends existing laws to prohibit the issuance of driver licenses and identification cards to unauthorized aliens and undocumented immigrants. Additionally, it requires new U.S. citizens to obtain replacement documents within a specified timeframe. The bill creates the State Board of Immigration Enforcement and the State Immigration Enforcement Council to oversee immigration enforcement and mandates cooperation between law enforcement agencies and federal immigration authorities.

Moreover, the bill establishes stringent sentencing guidelines for "dangerous unauthorized alien offenders," imposing mandatory minimum prison terms for felonies committed by unauthorized aliens involved in criminal gangs. It enhances penalties for offenses committed by unauthorized aliens, reclassifying misdemeanors and felonies based on prior convictions, and presumes unauthorized aliens charged with forcible felonies to be a flight risk, leading to mandatory pretrial detention. The bill also modifies definitions related to "sanctuary policies," requiring local law enforcement to share inmate information with federal authorities and imposing penalties on local governments that refuse to comply with federal immigration detainers. Additionally, it alters eligibility criteria for out-of-state fee waivers at state universities, limiting them to U.S. citizens or lawfully present individuals, and allocates significant funding for immigration enforcement initiatives.

Statutes affected:
H 1C Filed: 322.02, 322.033, 322.08, 322.121, 322.19, 775.0848, 874.03, 895.02, 908.107, 908.11, 921.0022, 1009.26