Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H315: Immigration, Law Enforcement, and State-issued Identification
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Creates Office for New Americans in Department of Commerce; provides requirements for Office for New Americans; provides that discrimination based on person's immigration status is unlawful; revises provisions of law relating to driver licenses, licensing, E-Verify System, the practice of law, federal immigration detainers, law enforcement agencies, DNA samples, education, & reclassification of penalties based on a person's immigration status; removes provisions of law relating to hospital patient data collection, human smuggling, sanctuary policies, duties relating to immigration detainees, reimbursement of costs, & sentence of death for capital offense committed by unauthorized alien; prohibits law enforcement agencies or officers, sheriff's deputies, & federal immigration agencies from engaging in certain immigration enforcement activities within a specified distance of public or private schools, child care facilities, or religious institutions; requires immigration officers to wear specified visible identification; prohibits law enforcement & immigration officers from wearing face coverings in performance of their official duties; requires specified advance notice be given to sheriff; provides criminal penalties; prohibits children from being denied free public education based on immigration status.
What the bill says
An act relating to immigration, law enforcement, and state-issued identification; providing a short title and purpose of the act; amending s. 20.60, F.S.; establishing the Office for New Americans in the Department of Commerce; providing responsibilities of the Office for New Americans; amending s. 322.08, F.S.; requiring proof of a specified identification number for certain applicants for a driver license…
From the introduced text, November 4, 2025:
An act relating to immigration, law enforcement, and state-issued identification; providing a short title and purpose of the act; amending s. 20.60, F.S.; establishing the Office for New Americans in the Department of Commerce; providing responsibilities of the Office for New Americans; amending s. 322.08, F.S.; requiring proof of a specified identification number for certain applicants for a driver license; deleting a provision authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to require applicants to produce certain documents from the United States Department of Homeland Security for certain purposes; authorizing additional specified documents issued by foreign governments to satisfy proof-of-identity requirements; providing that a driver license or temporary permit issued based on specified documents is valid for a specified period; deleting a provision authorizing applications to include fingerprints and other unique biometric means of identity; amending s. 322.12, F.S.; prohibiting the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles from waiving certain tests for applicants who provide proof of identity using specified foreign documents; amending s. 322.142, F.S.; providing a short title; HB 315 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb315-00 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES defining the term "agency that primarily enforces immigration law"; prohibiting the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles from disclosing or making accessible certain photographs and related information to any agency …
Sponsors
- Joseph, Dotie (D, HD-108) · primary sponsor
- Eskamani, Anna (D, HD-042)
Latest actions
- : Died in Judiciary Committee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Now in Judiciary Committee
- : Referred to State Affairs Committee
- : Referred to Budget Committee
- : Referred to Commerce Committee
- : Referred to Judiciary Committee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H315?
- H315 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Immigration, Law Enforcement, and State-issued Identification.
- What does H315 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to immigration, law enforcement, and state-issued identification; providing a short title and purpose of the act; amending s. 20.60, F.S.; establishing the Office for New Americans in the Department of Commerce; providing responsibilities of the Office for New Americans; amending s. 322.08, F.S.; requiring proof of a specified identification number for certain applicants for a driver license…
- What is the status of H315?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Judiciary Committee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H315?
- Joseph, Dotie (D, HD-108), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H315?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/315
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