House legislation that matches a Senate bill has been filed and, if passed, would remove law enforcement officers’ ability to anonymize themselves in the field.

SB 316 / HB 419 , carried by Orlando Sen. Carlos G. Smith and Jacksonville Rep. Angie Nixon , proposes requiring “covered immigration officers to wear specified visible identification during public immigration enforcement functions” and “prohibits covered immigration officers from wearing face coverings that impair visibility of identifying information or obscure covered immigration officer’s face.”

The measure would also “prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings in performance of their official duties.”

Smith’s version is called the “VISIBLE Act.”

Immigration officers would be required to show

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