The Florida Senate

SB 216: Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility

GENERAL BILL by McClain

Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility; Citing this act as the “Promoting Work, Deterring Fraud Act of 2026”; revising circumstances under which the Department of Commerce disqualifies claimants from reemployment assistance benefits; requiring the department to verify claimants’ identities before paying benefits; providing duties of the department, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  10/16/2025	Senate	• Filed
  11/3/2025	Senate	• Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
  12/1/2025	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 12/10/25, 11:30 am, 110 Senate Building
  12/10/2025	Senate	• Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 6 NAYS 2
  12/11/2025	Senate	• Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
  1/13/2026	Senate	• Introduced
  1/16/2026	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/21/26, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
  1/21/2026	Senate	• Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 9 NAYS 5 • Now in Fiscal Policy

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• SB 216, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/16/2025 at 8:20 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Commerce and Tourism (Pre-Meeting) 12/9/2025 (pdf) Commerce and Tourism (Post-Meeting) 12/11/2025 (pdf) Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (Pre-Meeting) 1/20/2026 (pdf) Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (Post-Meeting) 1/21/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 191	Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility	Abbott	Similar	Last Action: 1/13/2026 H Added to Second Reading Calendar

  Committee Votes (2)

  Date	Committee	Result
  12/10/2025 11:30 AM	Commerce and Tourism	6 Yeas - 2 Nays
  1/21/2026 11:00 AM	Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development	9 Yeas - 5 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  443.101	Disqualification for benefits.	Page 1 (pdf)
  443.1112		Page 3 (pdf)

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