TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Republican Sen. Joe Gruters and Republican Rep. Lawrence McClure filed an identical invoice to deal with unlawful immigration in particular session 2025-B on Monday.
SB 2B has been titled the “Tackling and Reforming Illegal Migration Coverage (TRUMP) Act,” aimed to strengthen the state’s strategy to unlawful immigration by “offering for coordination throughout the state and with federal immigration companies.”
HB 1B, an an identical invoice, was filed within the Home.
The Florida Legislature referred to as its personal particular session Monday afternoon after gaveling out of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ particular session – citing disagreements with facets of the governor’s proposal.
Governor reacts
DeSantis reacted to the transfer Monday afternoon and mentioned he’s “glad” the legislature’s invoice consists of lots of his proposals, together with the “long-overdue have to eradicate tuition waivers for unlawful immigrant college students.”
“However total, their new invoice is considerably weaker than the proposals I outlined and which can be needed to make sure that Florida leads on fulfilling the Trump Administration’s mandate to implement immigration regulation and deport unlawful aliens,” DeSantis mentioned.
Although the Florida legislature’s management initially mentioned the decision for a particular session on immigration enforcement was “untimely,” they’ve now lastly agreed to return in and do their job.
I’m glad the Legislature’s invoice consists of lots of my proposals, together with the…
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) January 27, 2025
The governor mentioned the invoice is a “bait-and-switch tactic making an attempt to create the phantasm of an unlawful immigration crack down, when it does something however.”
“It’s an insult to call such a weak invoice after President Trump, who has been so robust on this difficulty,” he added.
Invoice particulars
- In keeping with the invoice evaluation, the invoice creates the Chief Immigration Officer to “function the state’s official liaison with the federal authorities for functions of the enforcement of federal immigration legal guidelines.”
- The invoice additionally establishes the Workplace of State Immigration Enforcement, the State Immigration Enforcement Council, and the Native Legislation Enforcement Immigration Grant Program.
- The invoice “creates and will increase varied felony penalties referring to unlawful immigration and prohibits college students who’re undocumented for federal immigration functions from receiving the out-of-state price waiver for current Florida highschool graduates.”
- The invoice mandates that “each unit of presidency, together with its officers, public-private organizations, and others that contract or act on behalf of any public company, has an obligation and an obligation to cooperate to the fullest extent doable with the federal authorities within the enforcement of federal immigration legal guidelines and the safety of the borders of the US.”
- The invoice makes “varied modifications” to felony penalties and pretrial launch procedures.
Fiscal influence
The invoice appropriates over $515 million from the Common Income Fund ($20,562,630 in recurring funds and $494,467,609 in nonrecurring funds), based on the Home invoice evaluation.
It’ll additionally permit for 149 full-time equal positions on the Division of Agriculture and Client Providers to implement the necessities of the invoice.
Schedule
The Florida Senate will meet at 2 p.m. Monday and take up SB 2B within the Appropriations Committee.
The Florida Home is taking a special strategy this particular session. Home Speaker Daniel Perez mentioned he doesn’t like particular session as a result of it “excludes too many members” and introduced HB 1B might be heard in three choose committees Monday afternoon:
- The Choose Committee on Unlawful Immigration A might be chaired by Rep. William Robinson and can meet at 1 p.m.
- The Choose Committee on Unlawful Immigration B might be chaired by Rep. Josie Tomkow and can meet at 3 p.m.
- The Choose Committee on Unlawful Immigration C might be chaired by Rep. Wyman Duggan and can meet at 5 p.m.
He mentioned the Home Guidelines and Ethics Committee will meet this night at 7 p.m.
The total Home will meet on the ground Tuesday at 10 a.m. and Perez mentioned he anticipates that they may end tomorrow.
A joint proclamation mentioned the session will conclude by Wednesday night time.




