Bill Text: FL S1626 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Support for Persons Allied with the United States

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2023-05-05 - Died in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security [S1626 Detail]

Download: Florida-2023-S1626-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1626
       
       
        
       By Senator Collins
       
       
       
       
       
       14-01915B-23                                          20231626__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to support for persons allied with the
    3         United States; providing a short title; requiring the
    4         Governor to designate temporary housing and provide
    5         certain temporary support to persons allied with the
    6         United States and their immediate families; defining
    7         the term “immediate family”; providing an effective
    8         date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Short title.—This act may be cited as the “Save
   13  Our Allies Act.”
   14         Section 2. Housing and support for persons allied with the
   15  United States and their immediate families.—The Governor shall
   16  designate temporary housing and provide temporary support for
   17  the migration and safety of a person allied with the United
   18  States, including, but not limited to, an interpreter or
   19  translator who has worked with any branch of the United States
   20  Armed Forces to directly support a military operation or who has
   21  assisted any branch of the United States Armed Forces on the
   22  ground during combat in a war or foreign conflict, and his or
   23  her immediate family. Support provided pursuant to this section
   24  must include, but need not be limited to, resettlement
   25  assistance and legal assistance with processing the person’s
   26  immigration application and the applications of his or her
   27  immediate family. For the purposes of this section, the term
   28  “immediate family” means the person’s parents, spouse, and
   29  children.
   30         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.