Bill Summary
SB 4C Immigration (2025C Session)
Immigration; Providing criminal penalties for adult unauthorized aliens who knowingly enter or attempt to enter this state after entering the United States by eluding or avoiding examination or inspection by immigration officers; providing enhanced criminal penalties for second or subsequent convictions; specifying that such aliens are not eligible for any civil citation or other prearrest or postarrest diversion program; providing criminal penalties for an adult unauthorized alien who, after having been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or having departed the United States during the time an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding, thereafter enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in this state, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
02/10/25
SENATE
Filed
02/10/25
SENATE
Referred to Appropriations
02/11/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Appropriations, 02/12/25, 10:00 am, 412 K
02/12/25
SENATE
Favorable by Appropriations; 11 Yeas, 7 Nays
02/12/25
SENATE
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
02/12/25
SENATE
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/13/25
02/13/25
SENATE
Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 25 Yeas / 11 Nays)
02/13/25
HOUSE
In Messages
02/13/25
HOUSE
Substituted for HBÂ 0003C; Read Second Time; Amendments Failed (762929, 378091, 268329, 400427, 989967, 86229); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 85 Yeas / 29 Nays)
02/13/25
SENATE
Ordered enrolled
02/13/25
SENATE
Enrolled Text (ER) Filed
02/13/25
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Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 02/28/25)
02/13/25
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Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2025-2
No amendments to this bill text filed.
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- Sen. Gruters' one-pager: Florida Sends a Clear Message!
- ACLU of Florida Condemns Gov. DeSantis' Signing of Cruel Anti-Immigrant Bills into Law
- ACLU of Florida, ACLU, and Americans for Immigrant Justice Represent the Farmworker Association of Florida, the Florida Immigrant Coalition, and Impacted Individuals in Lawsuit to Block Florida's Anti-Immigrant Law SB 4C
- Complaint in FLIC et al v Uthmeier
- Florida Immigrant Coalition et al v. Uthmeier et al - Temporary Restraining Order
- ACLU of Florida: Federal Court Halts Florida's Cruel Anti-Immigrant Law SB 4-C in Major Victory for Immigrant Justice

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