Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H191: Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Revises circumstances under which COM disqualifies claimants from reemployment assistance benefits; requires department to verify claimants' identities before paying benefits & to cross-check certain information to verify claimants' eligibility; requires department to maintain web page for specified purpose & to notify employers each year of web page.
What the bill says
An act relating to verification of reemployment assistance benefit eligibility; providing a short title; amending s. 443.101, F.S.; revising circumstances under which the Department of Commerce disqualifies claimants from reemployment assistance benefits; creating s. 443.1112, F.S.; requiring the department to verify claimants' identities before paying benefits; requiring the department to crosscheck certain information to verify claimants' eligibility under certain circumstances; providing duties of the department…
From the introduced text, October 15, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to verification of reemployment assistance benefit eligibility; providing a short title; amending s. 443.101, F.S.; revising circumstances under which the Department of Commerce disqualifies claimants from reemployment assistance benefits; creating s. 443.1112, F.S.; requiring the department to verify claimants' identities before paying benefits; requiring the department to crosscheck certain information to verify claimants' eligibility under certain circumstances; providing duties of the department; requiring the department to maintain a web page for a specified purpose and to notify employers each year of the web page; providing annual reporting requirements; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Promoting Work, Deterring Fraud Act of 2026." Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 443.101, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 443.101 Disqualification for benefits.--An individual shall be disqualified for benefits: words underlined are additions. hb191-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 191 2026 (2) If the Department of Commerce finds that the individual has failed without good cause to apply for available suitable work, to contact the required number of prospective employers per week for any week of unemployment claimed in a benefit year in accordance with s. 443.091, to appear on three or more occasions for a scheduled job interview without notifying the …
Sponsors
- Shane Abbott (R, HD-005) · primary sponsor
- Abbott, Shane (R, HD-005) · primary sponsor
- Nix, Danny (R, HD-075)
- Salzman, Michelle (R, HD-001)
- Salzman (R, 1)
Latest actions
- : Died in Rules
- : Received
- : Referred to Rules
- : In Messages
- : Passed; YEAS 81, NAYS 31
- : Read 3rd time
- : Added to Third Reading Calendar
- : Amendment 621513 Failed
- : Amendment 932503 ruled out of order
- : Amendment 636441 Failed
Votes
- House: H 191 Filed (February 17, 2026): 81 yea, 31 nay, passed
- House: Commerce Committee (December 11, 2025): 15 yea, 5 nay, passed
- House: Commerce Committee (December 11, 2025): 15 yea, 5 nay, passed
- House: Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee (November 18, 2025): 12 yea, 4 nay, passed
- House: Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee (November 18, 2025): 12 yea, 4 nay, passed
Subjects: Rules
Common questions
- What is H191?
- H191 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility.
- What does H191 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to verification of reemployment assistance benefit eligibility; providing a short title; amending s. 443.101, F.S.; revising circumstances under which the Department of Commerce disqualifies claimants from reemployment assistance benefits; creating s. 443.1112, F.S.; requiring the department to verify claimants' identities before paying benefits; requiring the department to crosscheck certain information to verify claimants' eligibility under certain circumstances; providing duties of the department…
- What is the status of H191?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Rules (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H191?
- Shane Abbott (R, HD-005), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H191?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/191
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