Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 1238: Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility
Did not advance Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
- Did not advance
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 1238 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility. Primary sponsor: Ana Maria Rodriguez (Republican), Commerce and Tourism. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
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.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ana Maria Rodriguez | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 40 |
| Commerce and Tourism | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Died in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time
- Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
- On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/31/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Introduced
- Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
- Filed