Florida House Bill 207 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-30 - Died in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Creates Reemployment Assistance Ombudsman Office within DEO; specifies that unemployment commences on date of unemployment; prohibits otherwise eligible individuals from being deemed ineligible for benefits solely because they seek, apply for, or are willing to accept only part-time work; revises eligibility requirements for receiving reemployment assistance benefits; suspends work requirements, work availability, & work search requirements during declared state of emergency & thereafter; removes provisions disqualifying individuals for benefits as result of drug use; revises minimum & maximum weekly benefit amounts & duration of benefits; revises eligibility requirements & cap for short-time compensation benefits.

Reemployment Assistance

Rep. Anna Eskamani [D]	Rep. Ben Diamond [D]	Sen. Kristen Arrington [D]	Rep. Robin Bartleman [D]
Rep. Joseph Casello [D]	Rep. Dan Daley [D]	Rep. Fentrice Driskell [D]	Rep. Yvonne Hayes Hinson [D]
Rep. Dotie Joseph [D]	Rep. Andrew Learned [D]	Rep. Travaris McCurdy [D]	Rep. Daisy Morales [D]
Rep. Michele Rayner-Goolsby [D]	Rep. Felicia Simone Robinson [D]	Rep. Emily Slosberg-King [D]	Sen. Carlos Smith [D]
Rep. Allison Tant [D]	Rep. Marie Woodson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-30	House	Died in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
2021-03-02	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2021-01-22	House	Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure and Energy Subcommittee; Infrastructure and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; Government Operations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee
2021-01-11	House	Filed

S466 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Commerce and Tourism
S592 (Same As) 2021-04-30 - Died in Commerce and Tourism
S644 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Commerce and Tourism
S910 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Commerce and Tourism
S1906 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Messages; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1463 (Ch. 2021-25)
S1996 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Commerce and Tourism
H1617 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 72 (Ch. 2021-1), SB 2518 (Ch. 2021-41)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
215	425		Amended Code	See Bill Text
443	013		Amended Code	See Bill Text
443	036		Amended Code	See Bill Text
443	041		Amended Code	See Bill Text
443	091		Amended Code	See Bill Text
443	101		Amended Code	See Bill Text
443	111		Amended Code	See Bill Text
443	1115		Amended Code	See Bill Text
443	1116		Amended Code	See Bill Text
443	121		Amended Code	See Bill Text
443	1215		Amended Code	See Bill Text
443	1216		Amended Code	See Bill Text
443	1217		Amended Code	See Bill Text
443	131		Amended Code	See Bill Text
443	141		Amended Code	See Bill Text
443	151		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/207
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/207/BillText/Filed/PDF