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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 998: Department of Commerce

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 998 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on December 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Department of Commerce. Primary sponsor: Clay Yarborough (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development.

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.

Department of Commerce; Repealing provisions relating to the Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program Act; providing an exemption for certain conveyances of state lands to certain federal agencies which revert to the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund if such land is not used for its intended purposes as a military installation buffer or if the military installation closes; requiring employers who are required to use the E-Verify system to verify a new employee’s employment eligibility to maintain an E-Verify case result for each employee which shows that the employee is authorized to work; requiring the department to provide an employer knowingly employing an unauthorized alien with a written determination, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Clay YarboroughPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate4

“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 in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
  2. Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
  3. Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 6 NAYS 4
  4. On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 01/21/26, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
  5. Introduced
  6. Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Rules
  7. Filed

Sources

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