Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H419: Law Enforcement and Immigration Officer Identifying Information and Face Coverings
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requires covered immigration officers to wear specified visible identification during public immigration enforcement functions; provides requirements for such visible identification; prohibits covered immigration officers from wearing face coverings that impair visibility of identifying information or obscure covered immigration officer's face; provides exception; provides duties of State Board of Immigration Enforcement; requires State Immigration Enforcement Council to submit specified report to Legislature by specified date; prohibits law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings in performance of their official duties; requires specified advance notice be given to sheriff; provides applicability; provides criminal penalties; requires FDLE to adopt rules.
What the bill says
An act relating to law enforcement and immigration officer identifying information and face coverings; creating s. 908.14, F.S.; providing a short title; providing definitions; requiring covered immigration officers to wear specified visible identification during public immigration enforcement functions; providing requirements for such visible identification; prohibiting covered immigration officers from wearing face coverings that impair the visibility of identifying information or obscure a covered immigration officer's face; providing an exception…
From the introduced text, November 13, 2025:
An act relating to law enforcement and immigration officer identifying information and face coverings; creating s. 908.14, F.S.; providing a short title; providing definitions; requiring covered immigration officers to wear specified visible identification during public immigration enforcement functions; providing requirements for such visible identification; prohibiting covered immigration officers from wearing face coverings that impair the visibility of identifying information or obscure a covered immigration officer's face; providing an exception; providing duties of the State Board of Immigration Enforcement; requiring the State Immigration Enforcement Council to submit a specified report to the Legislature by a specified date; amending ss. 908.1031 and 908.1032, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 943.1718, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings in the performance of their official duties; requiring specified advance notice be given to the sheriff under certain circumstances; providing applicability; providing criminal penalties; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to adopt rules; providing an HB 419 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb419-00 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 908.14, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 908.14 Visible Identification Standards for Immigration-32 Based Law Enforcement Act.— (1) This section may be cited as the "VISIBLE Act." (2) …