Which out-of-state driver's licenses are no longer valid in Florida?Īs of July 2023. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has added language to its FAQ page about certain banned out-of-state licenses. “Someone who is in our country illegally and has violated our laws should not possess a government-issued ID which allows them access to state-funded services and other privileges afforded to lawful residents,” DeSantis said in a release. The restriction, part of SB 1718, which imposes some of the toughest penalties and restrictions in the country by strengthening employment requirements, requiring hospitals that accept Medicaid to ask patients about their citizenship and appropriating $12 million from the General Revenue Fund for the governor’s “unauthorized alien transport program,” went into effect July 1. Ron DeSantis in May, out-of-state driver’s licenses issued exclusively to ‘unauthorized immigrants’ are no longer valid. Watch Video: Hundreds protest new Florida immigration lawĪs part of Florida's sweeping new immigration bill signed by Gov.
