Department of Commerce
Summary
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.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Mar 13, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Jan 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 6 NAYS 4
upper
Jan 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 01/21/26, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Clay Yarborough
RRepublican
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