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Bill	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.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2020	SB 664	Florida SB 664 (2020)	bill	(vetoed)	enacted	2020-149	Lee	7	44	6	2019-10-24	2020-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/85d35740-bc64-440b-9f61-1c32a01c48d9	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/664/ByCategory	1120eabe25f7d5edc86d0d6955dc8272fca14a4687b3354c1d5cb47bd10f33d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. S 664 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 664 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. S 664 c3 (committee substitute) — source
5. S 664 e1 (engrossed) — source
6. S 664 e2 (engrossed) — source
7. S 664 er (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/85d35740-bc64-440b-9f61-1c32a01c48d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).