Bill Amendment: FL S1718 | 2023 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: Immigration
Status: 2023-05-11 - Chapter No. 2023-40 [S1718 Detail]
Download: Florida-2023-S1718-Senate_Floor_Amendment_613072.html
Bill Title: Immigration
Status: 2023-05-11 - Chapter No. 2023-40 [S1718 Detail]
Download: Florida-2023-S1718-Senate_Floor_Amendment_613072.html
Florida Senate - 2023 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1718 Ì613072|Î613072 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 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 whomwhothe person knows, or reasonably should 8 know, has enteredis illegally enteringthe 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). 40 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