Florida · House Bill 419 · 2026 Regular Session

Law Enforcement and Immigration Officer Identifying Information and Face Coverings

HB 419 Sponsored by Angela "Angie" Nixon Died in committee

  1. Introduced Nov 13, 2025
  2. In committee Nov 18, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2026

What it does

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

Law Enforcement and Immigration Officer Identifying Information and Face Coverings; Requires covered immigration officers to wear specified visible identification during public immigration enforcement functions; provides requirements for such visible identification; prohibits covered immigration officers from wearing face coverings that impair visibility of identifying information or obscure covered immigration…

Read the full title (106 words)

Law Enforcement and Immigration Officer Identifying Information and Face Coverings; Requires covered immigration officers to wear specified visible identification during public immigration enforcement functions; provides requirements for such visible identification; prohibits covered immigration officers from wearing face coverings that impair visibility of identifying information or obscure covered immigration officer's face; provides exception; provides duties of State Board of Immigration Enforcement; requires State Immigration Enforcement Council to submit specified report to Legislature by specified date; prohibits law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings in performance of their official duties; requires specified advance notice be given to sheriff; provides applicability; provides criminal penalties; requires FDLE to adopt rules.

Every action

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

  1. HouseFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  3. CommitteeReferred to Judiciary Committee · House Judiciary Committee
  4. CommitteeNow in Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  5. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  6. CommitteeDied in Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 2 cosponsors: 2 Democrats.

All 2 cosponsors

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