Florida · House Bill 1279 · 2025 Regular Session

Services to Noncitizens

HB 1279 Sponsored by Kiyan Michael Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 27, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 5, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

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…

Read the full title (118 words)

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.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  3. CommitteeReferred to Commerce Committee · House Commerce Committee
  4. CommitteeReferred to Budget Committee · House Budget Committee
  5. CommitteeReferred to State Affairs Committee · House State Affairs Committee
  6. CommitteeNow in Commerce Committee · House Commerce Committee
  7. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. CommitteeDied in Commerce Committee · House Commerce Committee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.