Amendment
Bill No. CS/HB 567
Amendment No. 435409
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Schenck offered the following:
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3     Substitute Amendment for Amendment (000593) (with title
4amendment)
5     Remove lines 15-60 and insert:
6     111.076  Reporting of immigration status
7information.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
8agency, as defined in s. 20.03, may not prohibit or in any way
9restrict or limit a public employee from doing any of the
10following with respect to information regarding the immigration
11status of any individual:
12     (1)  Sending such information to, or requesting or
13receiving such information from, the United States Department of
14Homeland Security;
15     (2)  Maintaining such information; or
16     (3)  Exchanging such information with any other federal,
17state, or local governmental entity.
18     Section 2.  Section 125.582, Florida Statutes, is created
19to read:
20     125.582  Communicating or cooperating with federal
21officials concerning immigration.--
22     (1)  A county government, whether acting through its
23governing body or by an initiative, referendum, or any other
24process, may not enact any ordinance or policy that limits,
25restricts, or prohibits a law enforcement officer, local
26official, or local government employee from communicating or
27cooperating with federal officials with regard to the
28immigration status of any person within this state.
29     (2)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county
30governmental entity or official may not prohibit or in any way
31restrict or limit any governmental entity or government official
32from sending to, or receiving from, the United States Department
33of Homeland Security information regarding the citizenship or
34immigration status of any individual.
35     Section 3.  Section 166.04935, Florida Statutes, is created
36to read:
37     166.04935  Communicating or cooperating with federal
38officials concerning immigration.--
39     (1)  A municipal government, whether acting through its
40governing body or by an initiative, referendum, or any other
41process, may not enact any ordinance or policy that limits,
42restricts, or prohibits a law enforcement officer, local
43official, or local government employee from communicating or
44cooperating with federal officials with regard to the
45immigration status of any person within this state.
46     (2)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
47municipal governmental entity or official may not prohibit or in
48any way restrict or limit any governmental entity or government
49official from sending to, or receiving from, the United States
50Department of Homeland Security information regarding the
51citizenship or immigration status of any individual.
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T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
58     Remove lines 2-6 and insert:
59An act relating to illegal immigration; creating s.
60111.076, F.S.; prohibiting limitations or restrictions on
61the reporting of certain immigration status information by
62public employees; creating ss. 125.582 and 166.04935,
63F.S.; prohibiting certain local government limitations or
64restrictions


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