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type: "Bill"
title: "Immigration"
description: "Immigration; Providing criminal penalties for adult unauthorized aliens who knowingly enter or attempt to enter this state after entering the United States by eluding or avoiding examination or inspection by immigration officers; providing enhanced criminal penalties for second or subsequent convictions; specifying that such aliens are not eligible for any civil citation or other prearrest or postarrest diversion program; providing criminal penalties for an adult unauthorized alien who, after having been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or having departed the United States during the time an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding, thereafter enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in this state, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025C"
identifier: "SB 4C"
citation: "Florida SB 4C (2025C)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes", "criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-2"
primary_sponsors: ["Gruters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9aeeb71f-fa3c-4f5f-97b0-55f29774e3b8"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025C/4C/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a31509a5e2413a7d5e95597e536010a943baee158795b4c2fcbead56cca5e378"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---
# Florida SB 4C (2025C) — Immigration
Immigration; Providing criminal penalties for adult unauthorized aliens who knowingly enter or attempt to enter this state after entering the United States by eluding or avoiding examination or inspection by immigration officers; providing enhanced criminal penalties for second or subsequent convictions; specifying that such aliens are not eligible for any civil citation or other prearrest or postarrest diversion program; providing criminal penalties for an adult unauthorized alien who, after having been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or having departed the United States during the time an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding, thereafter enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in this state, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-2.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 4C Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025C/4C/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 4C er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025C/4C/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **2511** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **117** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **8529** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gruters — primary (person)
- Fine — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/12/25, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-02-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-02-12** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/13/25
- **2025-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** Passed; YEAS 25 NAYS 11 `passage`
- **2025-02-13** In Messages
- **2025-02-13** Substituted for HB 3C
- **2025-02-13** Read 1st time
- **2025-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13** Amendment 762929 Failed
- **2025-02-13** Amendment 378091 Failed
- **2025-02-13** Amendment 268329 Failed
- **2025-02-13** Amendment 400427 Failed
- **2025-02-13** Amendment 989967 Failed
- **2025-02-13** Amendment 086229 Failed
- **2025-02-13** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** Passed; YEAS 85, NAYS 29 `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-13** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-13** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-02-14** Chapter No. 2025-2
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9aeeb71f-fa3c-4f5f-97b0-55f29774e3b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).