HB 1279

  • Florida House Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Services to Noncitizens

Bill Subjects

(Adopted) Subject Index

Abstract

Services to Noncitizens; Authorizes county to require proof that certain borrowers are lawfully present in United States; prohibits state & local governmental entities & private corporations from providing down payment assistance to person who is not lawfully in United States; requires immediate repayment of downpayment assistance & initiation of foreclosure proceedings; restricts eligibility for Florida Homeownership Assistance Program & Florida Hometown Hero Program, respectively, to persons who are lawfully present in United States; requires that all private employers, rather than only those employing specified number or more of employees, use E-Verify system to verify new employee's employment eligibility; prohibits money services business' licensees from initiating foreign remittance transfers unless they have verified that sender is not unauthorized alien.

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Jun 16, 2025

House

Died in Commerce Committee

May 03, 2025

House

Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

Mar 05, 2025

House

Referred to Budget Committee

House

Now in Commerce Committee

House

Referred to State Affairs Committee

House

Referred to Commerce Committee

Mar 04, 2025

House

1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

Feb 27, 2025

House

Filed

Bill Text

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H 1279 Filed PDF

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