WINK News goes undercover again, putting local locksmiths to the test. This time, we want to know if getting into your home or business is as easy as breaking into a car.

Our producer Lauren makes the first call.

"Hi there. I'm locked out of my house and I need a locksmith," she said.

The house is in a quiet Cape Coral neighborhood, but it isn't Lauren's.

Over the phone, Lauren is told she will have to prove she lives there. But we wait to see if the locksmith will follow through.

After the locksmith lets her, Lauren asks,"Do you need anything from me?"

"Just a piece of ID that says you belong in this house," he said.

On the other side of the door, we were waiting. We told him we were putting locksmiths to the test.

Doug Ford has been a locksmith for decades, and he isn't surprised by our Call For Action. He tells us, if he doesn't has for ID, he's letting someone into a house they don't belong in, and that's why he always asked for proof.

We move our investigation to Tin Lizzie Car Rental in Cape Coral. This time our actor, Chris, sets up the sting.

"I got locked out of work. I got locked out of my job and I was wondering if you could let me in," he told a locksmith company over the phone.

We're watching from inside the business, where no one can see us.

What the first locksmith did was so surprising, even our actor was shocked.

He beat on the door twice, and it popped open.

"How did you do that?" asked Chris.

Apparently the door wasn't fully locked, but he charged us $30 dollars anyway.

The second locksmith we call wants ID.

"It's in my wallet. I've got my license yeah. I mean I've got ID and stuff yeah," he tells them.

On Chris' word, they send out a locksmith.

He gets to work, still no questions about an ID.

"Oh that's way too easy," said Chris as the locksmith opened the door.

The business is open...again...no questions asked.

We want to know why?

He tells us he was supposed to ask for ID, but didn't because he wanted to get home after a long day.

The locksmith says he will definitely ask for ID, from now on.

By the end of our investigation, we had a handful of receipts from locksmiths, only one asked for identification.

"Amazing," said Senator Victor Crist of Tampa.

We took our findings to Senator Crist who says it's time to improve your safety. "It's borderline criminal," he said.

"He could have wanted to gain access into the store to steal it blind, and a locksmith just let him in," said Sen. Crist.

Sen. Crist is pushing for a state licensing board that requires background checks and sets standards.

"It's amazing. I mean anyone can call a locksmith and say hey I'm locked out of my car or business or I'm locked out and a locksmith would show up, open the door you give them a fee and they're out of there," he said.

Senator Crist alerted us to an even bigger problem: gypsy locksmiths operating across the state.

"And they either take advantage of you or take advantage of the vehicle, or take advantage of your home," he said.

Locksmiths like Doug Ford, want real change...right now.

"What do you have to say to the companies that are doing it the wrong way right now?" we asked him.

"I would strongly urge you to think twice about what you're doing," said Ford.

The locksmith industry is backing Senator Crist's bill and urge you to call your lawmaker to show support.

During this investigation, we used a credit card that wasn't ours.

We found out businesses are supposed to make sure the card user is the card holder and the signatures match up.

American Express says it will cancel a contract with a merchant if they find excessive fraud problems.

We told locksmiths during our investigation, we were using our father's credit card. Unless your name is on the card, they aren't supposed to let you do that.