Florida · Senate Bill 1238 · 2025 Regular Session

Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility

SB 1238 Sponsored by Ana Maria Rodriguez Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 25, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 3, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

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.

Every action

10 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy · Senate Commerce and Tourism
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/31/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Commerce and Tourism
  5. CommitteeCS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 · Senate Commerce and Tourism6–3 vote
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development · Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
  8. CommitteeCS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time · Senate Commerce and Tourism
  9. SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  10. CommitteeDied in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development · Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 31, 2025 Senate Commerce and Tourism CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
Members

Yes · 6

No · 3

 6–3

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Ana Maria RodriguezR Primary sponsor · District 40
  • Ca Commerce and Tourism Sponsoring committee

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.