Bill banning non-English licensing tests, penalizing employers of undocumented migrants, advances

By: Liv Caputo

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: February 10, 2026

Words: 570

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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A wide-ranging immigration bill criminalizing employers who hire dozens of undocumented immigrants and mandating that all licensing tests be in English cleared its first House committee Tuesday.

HB 1307, jointly sponsored by Republican Reps. Berny Jacques and Kiyan Michael, also would ban non-citizens from sending money overseas and presumes non-citizens from other states are at fault in car accidents. Most Democrats voted “no” on the legislation — despite not debating on the bill — but …

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