House bill · 2026
HB 197
Employment Eligibility
Progress
148 days from first to latest action, across 22 recorded actions.
Filed
Oct 16
Referred to committee
Oct 21
Heard in committee
Nov 5
Reported from committee
Nov 5
Passed first chamber
Jan 15
Passed second chamber
Stopped here
Sent to governor
Became law
Filled marks are milestones (committee report, floor passage, governor action). Larger marks hold more same-day actions.
Record votes
Each dot is one member, grouped by how they voted.
Passage, Third Reading
House · Jan 15, 2026Party-line vote
Passed 80–30
80 Yea
30 Nay
7 Absent / not voting
Full history
Every action recorded by The Florida Senate.
Died in Rules
Mar 13, 2026 · Senate
Received
Jan 22, 2026 · Senate
Referred to Rules Rules
Jan 16, 2026 · Senate
In Messages
Jan 15, 2026 · Senate
Passed; YEAS 80, NAYS 30
Jan 15, 2026 · House
Read 3rd time
Jan 15, 2026 · House
Added to Third Reading Calendar
Jan 15, 2026 · House
Read 2nd time
Jan 15, 2026 · House
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
Jan 13, 2026 · House
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/15/2026)
Jan 12, 2026 · House
Bill released to House Calendar
Dec 11, 2025 · House
Reported out of Commerce Committee
Dec 11, 2025 · House
Favorable by Commerce Committee Commerce
Dec 11, 2025 · House
Added to Commerce Committee agenda
Dec 4, 2025 · House
Now in Commerce Committee
Nov 5, 2025 · House
Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
Nov 5, 2025 · House
Favorable by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee Commerce
Nov 5, 2025 · House
Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
Oct 28, 2025 · House
Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
Oct 21, 2025 · House
Referred to Commerce Committee Commerce
Oct 21, 2025 · House
Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
Oct 21, 2025 · House
Filed
Oct 16, 2025 · House
Authors
and 2 coauthors or sponsors
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- Webster Barnaby cosponsorR
- Monique Miller cosponsorR
In committee
- Commerce
House
Referred Oct 21, 2025 · heard Nov 5, 2025 · reported after 15 days
- Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
House
Referred Oct 21, 2025 · never reported
- Rules
Senate
Referred Jan 16, 2026 · never reported
Topics
Bill text
- H 197 FiledPDF
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