Florida Senate - 2023                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1718
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                Floor: 4/F/2R          .                                
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       Senator Jones moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 558 - 565
    4  and insert:
    5         (1)(a) Except as provided in subsections (3), (4), and (5),
    6  a person who knowingly and willfully transports into this state
    7  an individual whom who the person knows, or reasonably should
    8  know, has entered is illegally entering the United States in
    9  violation of law and has not been inspected by the Federal
   10  Government since his or her unlawful entry from another country
   11  commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in
   12  s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
   13         (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person who knowingly
   14  and willfully transports into this state any of the following
   15  individuals whom the person knows, or reasonably should know,
   16  has entered the United States in violation of law and has not
   17  been inspected by the Federal Government since his or her
   18  unlawful entry from another country:
   19         1. A naturalized United States citizen;
   20         2. An individual with lawful permanent resident status or
   21  with a pending application for permanent residency, including
   22  under the Cuban Adjustment Act;
   23         3. A recipient of Temporary Protected Status or an
   24  individual with a pending application for Temporary Protected
   25  Status;
   26         4. An individual on parole with a valid parole document
   27  issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration
   28  Services;
   29         5. An individual who is in possession of a T Nonimmigrant
   30  Visa (T Visa) or a U Nonimmigrant Visa (U Visa) or who is
   31  protected under the immigration provisions of the Violence
   32  Against Women Act (VAWA);
   33         6. An individual who has a pending petition for a T Visa or
   34  a U Visa, or under VAWA;
   35         7. A recipient of or an individual with a pending
   36  application for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA);
   37  or
   38         8. An unaccompanied alien child as defined in 6 U.S.C. s.
   39  279(g)(2).
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   41  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   42  And the title is amended as follows:
   43         Between lines 99 and 100
   44  insert:
   45         applicability; providing