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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 216: Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 216 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on October 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility. Primary sponsor: Stan McClain (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died on Calendar.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

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 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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Stan McClainPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate9

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died on Calendar
  2. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  3. Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 4
  4. On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  5. Now in Fiscal Policy
  6. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 9 NAYS 5
  7. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/21/26, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
  8. Introduced
  9. Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
  10. Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 6 NAYS 2
  11. On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 12/10/25, 11:30 am, 110 Senate Building
  12. Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source