---
type: "Bill"
title: "Verification of Employment Eligibility"
description: "Verification of Employment Eligibility; Prohibiting the approval of certain economic development incentive applications after a specified date; requiring public employers, contractors, and subcontractors to register with and use the E-Verify system; prohibiting such entities from entering into a contract unless each party to the contract registers with and uses the E-Verify system; requiring private employers to verify the employment eligibility of newly hired employees beginning on a specified date, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 664"
citation: "Florida SB 664 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-149"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-10-24"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85d35740-bc64-440b-9f61-1c32a01c48d9"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/664/ByCategory"
source_hash: "1120eabe25f7d5edc86d0d6955dc8272fca14a4687b3354c1d5cb47bd10f33d2"
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 SB 664 (2020) — Verification of Employment Eligibility

Verification of Employment Eligibility; Prohibiting the approval of certain economic development incentive applications after a specified date; requiring public employers, contractors, and subcontractors to register with and use the E-Verify system; prohibiting such entities from entering into a contract unless each party to the contract registers with and uses the E-Verify system; requiring private employers to verify the employment eligibility of newly hired employees beginning on a specified date, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-149.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 664 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/664/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 664 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/664/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 664 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/664/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 664 c3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/664/BillText/c3/HTML)
5. **S 664 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/664/BillText/e1/HTML)
6. **S 664 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/664/BillText/e2/HTML)
7. **S 664 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/664/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **73–45** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **22–18** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **23–17** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-24** Filed `filing`
- **2019-11-06** Referred to Judiciary; Commerce and Tourism; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/11/20, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2020-02-11** CS by Judiciary; YEAS 4 NAYS 2
- **2020-02-13** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2020-02-13** Now in Commerce and Tourism
- **2020-02-13** On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 02/18/20, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2020-02-13** CS by Judiciary read 1st time
- **2020-02-18** CS/CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 3 NAYS 2
- **2020-02-19** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2020-02-19** Now in Rules
- **2020-02-19** CS/CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time
- **2020-02-26** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/02/20, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2020-03-02** CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 10 NAYS 7
- **2020-03-03** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2020-03-03** CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20
- **2020-03-05** Retained on Special Order Calendar
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (468060)
- **2020-03-06** Ordered engrossed
- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 22 NAYS 18 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** In Messages
- **2020-03-09** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Received
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time -HJ 1048, 1050 `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Amendment(s) failed (959283) -HJ 1048, 1050
- **2020-03-10** Amendment(s) adopted (577843)
- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** Amendment(s) failed (148213, 234301)
- **2020-03-11** CS passed as amended; YEAS 73 NAYS 45 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** In returning messages
- **2020-03-12** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (577843)
- **2020-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 23 NAYS 17 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-01** Chapter No. 2020-149

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85d35740-bc64-440b-9f61-1c32a01c48d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).