---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment Compensation"
description: "Unemployment Compensation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 563"
citation: "Florida HB 563 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-80"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d735f71-07b3-4b32-8d1e-3ab127e15bf5"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/563/ByCategory"
source_hash: "300ecb99f861c3b83ef37ea26dff79e0a638bf356d3f2579560656a4de21b9bb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 563 (2019) — Unemployment Compensation

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-80.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 563 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/563/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 563 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/563/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 563 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/563/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 563 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/563/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Workforce Development & Tourism Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-25** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Workforce Development and Tourism Subcommittee; Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Workforce Development and Tourism Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 4:00 pm, 12 HOB
- **2019-03-19** Favorable by Workforce Development and Tourism Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Now in Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-29** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/02/19, 1:00 pm, Reed Hall
- **2019-04-02** Favorable by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2019-04-08** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 04/10/19, 8:15 am, Webster Hall
- **2019-04-10** CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-11** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
- **2019-04-11** CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Amendment(s) adopted (135683)
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** CS passed as amended; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received
- **2019-04-29** Withdrawn from Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-04-29** Substituted for CS/SB 990
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-30** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Chapter No. 2019-80

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d735f71-07b3-4b32-8d1e-3ab127e15bf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).