H 0191

Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility

Would have required Florida to verify the identity of unemployment benefit claimants before issuing payments and cross-check their information against other databases to confirm eligibility. It also would have updated rules for disqualifying ineligible claimants and required the state to maintain a website where employers could report fraud. The bill died without becoming law.

Timeline

March 13, 2026Died in Rules
February 18, 2026Referred to Rules
February 18, 2026Received
February 17, 2026Read 2nd time
February 17, 2026Amendment 636441 Failed
February 17, 2026Amendment 932503 ruled out of order
February 17, 2026Amendment 621513 Failed
February 17, 2026Added to Third Reading Calendar81–31
February 17, 2026Read 3rd time
February 17, 2026Passed; YEAS 81, NAYS 31
February 17, 2026In Messages
February 10, 2026Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)
January 13, 20261st Reading (Original Filed Version)
January 13, 2026Added to Second Reading Calendar
December 11, 2025Favorable by Commerce Committee15–5
December 11, 2025Reported out of Commerce Committee15–5
December 11, 2025Bill released to House Calendar
December 4, 2025Added to Commerce Committee agenda
November 18, 2025Favorable by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee12–4
November 18, 2025Reported out of Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee12–4
November 18, 2025Now in Commerce Committee
November 10, 2025Added to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee agenda
October 21, 2025Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
October 21, 2025Referred to Commerce Committee
October 21, 2025Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
October 15, 2025Filed

Status

Died in Rules

Stage:: Failed
Chamber:: House
Last movement:: March 13, 2026

Bill text, sponsors and roll-call data via LegiScan · 2026 Regular Session of the Florida Legislature.