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FL HB 197

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Employment Eligibility

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Employment Eligibility ; Requires that all private employers, rather than only those employing more than specified number of employees, use E-Verify system to verify new employee's employment eligibility beginning on specified date.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died in Rules
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Michaelprimary
  • Jacquesprimary
  • Millercosponsor
  • Barnabycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-10-16

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-10-21

    Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-10-21

    Referred to Commerce Committee

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-10-21

    Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

  5. 2025-10-28

    Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda

  6. 2025-11-05

    Favorable by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2025-11-05

    Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

  8. 2025-11-05

    Now in Commerce Committee

  9. 2025-12-04

    Added to Commerce Committee agenda

  10. 2025-12-11

    Favorable by Commerce Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-12-11

    Reported out of Commerce Committee

  12. 2025-12-11

    Bill released to House Calendar

  13. 2026-01-12

    Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/15/2026)

  14. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

    filing,reading-1

  15. 2026-01-15

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  16. 2026-01-15

    Added to Third Reading Calendar

  17. 2026-01-15

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2026-01-15

    Passed; YEAS 80, NAYS 30

    passage

  19. 2026-01-15

    In Messages

  20. 2026-01-16

    Referred to Rules

    referral-committee

  21. 2026-01-22

    Received

    enrolled

  22. 2026-03-13

    Died in Rules

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Passage, Third Reading

    2026-01-15 · pass · 80-30

    Member-level votes (117)
    • Abbott: yes
    • Eskamani: no
    • Oliver: yes
    • Albert: yes
    • Esposito: yes
    • Overdorf: yes
    • Alvarez, D.: yes
    • Fabricio: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Alvarez, J.: yes
    • Franklin: no
    • Partington: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Gantt: no
    • Perez: yes
    • Andrade: yes
    • Garrison: yes
    • Persons-Mulicka: yes
    • Antone: no
    • Gentry: yes
    • Plakon: yes
    • Aristide: no
    • Gerwig: yes
    • Plasencia: no
    • Baker: yes
    • Giallombardo: yes
    • Porras: yes
    • Bankson: yes
    • Gonzalez Pittman: yes
    • Rayner: no
    • Gossett-Seidman: yes
    • Redondo: yes
    • Bartleman: no
    • Gottlieb: no
    • Rizo: yes
    • Basabe: yes
    • Greco: yes
    • Robinson, F.: no
    • Griffitts: yes
    • Robinson, W.: yes
    • Berfield: yes
    • Grow: no
    • Rosenwald: yes
    • Black: yes
    • Harris: no
    • Salzman: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Hart-Lowman: no
    • Sapp: yes
    • Booth: yes
    • Hinson: no
    • Shoaf: yes
    • Hodgers: yes
    • Sirois: yes
    • Holcomb: yes
    • Skidmore: no
    • Boyles: yes
    • Hunschofsky: no
    • Smith: yes
    • Brackett: yes
    • Jacques: yes
    • Brannan: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Buchanan: yes
    • Joseph: no
    • Stark: yes
    • Busatta: yes
    • Kendall: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Campbell: no
    • Kincart Jonsson: yes
    • Tant: no
    • Canady: yes
    • Koster: yes
    • Tendrich: yes
    • Cassel: yes
    • LaMarca: yes
    • Tomkow: yes
    • Chamberlin: yes
    • Long: no
    • Trabulsy: yes
    • Chambliss: no
    • López, J.: no
    • Tramont: yes
    • Chaney: yes
    • Maggard: yes
    • Tuck: yes
    • Cobb: yes
    • Maney: yes
    • Valdés: yes
    • Conerly: yes
    • McClure: yes
    • Weinberger: yes
    • Cross: no
    • McFarland: yes
    • Woodson: no
    • Daley: no
    • Melo: yes
    • Yarkosky: yes
    • Daniels: yes
    • Michael: yes
    • Yeager: yes
    • Driskell: no
    • Miller: yes
    • Young: no
    • Mooney: yes
    • Dunkley: no
    • Nix: yes
    • Edmonds: no
    • Nixon: no
    • Barnaby: not voting
    • Benarroch: not voting
    • Borrero: not voting
    • Botana: not voting
    • Snyder: not voting
    • Spencer: not voting
    • Duggan: not voting

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/197/ByCategory

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