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CS/SB 1238: Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility

GENERAL BILL by Commerce and Tourism ; Rodriguez

Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility; Citing this act as the “Promoting Work, Deterring Fraud Act of 2025"; revising circumstances under which the Department of Commerce may disqualify claimants from receiving reemployment assistance benefits; requiring the department to verify claimants’ identities before paying reemployment assistance benefits; requiring the department to cross-check certain information on a specified schedule, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
 Last Action: 4/2/2025 Senate - CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (ATD)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/25/2025 Senate • Filed
3/3/2025 Senate • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
3/4/2025 Senate • Introduced
3/26/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/31/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
3/31/2025 Senate • CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
4/1/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
4/2/2025 Senate • CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time