Florida House Bill 1265 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 16-1)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-10 - Laid on Table - Companion bill(s) CS/CS/CS/SB 664 passed
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Prohibits approval of certain applications after specified date; requires awardee to repay certain moneys within specified timeframe; requires public employers, contractors, & subcontractors to use E-Verify system for specified purposes; prohibits such entities from entering into contract unless each party to contract uses E-Verify system; authorizes termination of contract; provides liability; requires private employers to verify employment eligibility of newly hired employees; provides acceptable methods for verification; provides specified immunity & creates rebuttable presumption; requires private employers to provide copies of certain documents, upon request, to specified persons & entities for certain purposes; prohibits such persons & entities from making independent determination; requires affidavit; provides for suspension or revocation of certain licenses.

Verification of Employment Eligibility

House Commerce Committee	Rep. Cord Byrd [R]	Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen [R]	Rep. Alex Andrade [R]
Rep. Mike Beltran [R]	Rep. Byron Donalds [R]	Rep. Dane Eagle [R]	Rep. Randy Fine [R]
Rep. Walter Hill [R]	Sen. Blaise Ingoglia [R]	Rep. Tom Leek [R]	Rep. Bob Rommel [R]
Rep. Rick Roth [R]	Rep. Anthony Sabatini [R]	Rep. David Santiago [R]	Rep. Tyler Sirois [R]
Rep. Jayer Williamson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-10	House	Laid on Table - Companion bill(s) CS/CS/CS/SB 664 passed
2020-03-06	House	Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
2020-03-03	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
2020-03-02	House	CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time
2020-03-02	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-03-02	House	Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 7
2020-03-01	House	On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 03/02/20, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
2020-03-01	House	Now in State Affairs Committee
2020-03-01	House	CS referred to State Affairs Committee
2020-03-01	House	Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee
2020-02-28	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
2020-02-27	House	CS by Commerce Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 8
2020-02-25	House	PCS on Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/27/20, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
2020-01-17	House	Referred to Commerce Committee; Appropriations Committee; State Affairs Committee
2020-01-14	House	Introduced
2020-01-10	House	Filed

S1822 (Similar To) 2020-03-14 - Died in Judiciary
S664 (Similar To) 2020-07-01 - Chapter No. 2020-149

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
288	061		Amended Code	See Bill Text
448	095		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1265
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1265/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1265/BillText/c1/PDF