PCS for CS/CS/HB 1225 — Act Relating to Employment (Commerce Committee, 2025)
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PCS for CS/CS/HB 1225 2025 is a bill to be entitled an act relating to employment. Section 1 repeals Sections 2 and 3 of chapter 2024-80, Laws of Florida, and Section 2 amends section 218.077 of the Florida Statutes so that a political subdivision may not require an employer to pay a minimum wage other than a state or federal minimum wage. A political subdivision also may not use purchasing or contracting procedures to control the wages or employment benefits of vendors, or award preferences based on them. A later section revises employment restrictions for minors and removes the authority of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to grant a waiver; Section 5 sets July 1, 2025 as the general effective date.
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to employment; repealing ss. 2 and 3
3 of chapter 2024-80, Laws of Florida, which prohibits
4 political subdivisions from maintaining a minimum wage
5 other than a state or federal minimum wage and
6 provides construction; amending s. 218.077, F.S.;
7 prohibiting political subdivisions from maintaining a
8 minimum wage other than a state or federal minimum
9 wage; prohibiting political subdivisions from
10 controlling, affecting, or awarding preferences based
11 on the wages or employment benefits of entities doing
12 business with the political subdivision; revising and
13 providing applicability; amending s. 450.081, F.S.;
14 revising certain employment restrictions for specified
15 minors; revising the age at which certain employment
16 restrictions do not apply, except in accordance with
17 federal law; revising the exceptions to certain work
18 restrictions; removing the authority of the Department
19 of Business and Professional Regulation to grant a
20 waiver of employment restrictions; providing effective
21 dates.
22
23 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
24
25 Section 1. Sections 2 and 3 of chapter 2024-80, Laws of
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26 Florida, are repealed.
27 Section 2. Effective September 30, 2025, subsection (2)
28 and paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 218.077, Florida
29 Statutes, are amended to read:
30 218.077 Wage and employment benefits requirements by
31 political subdivisions; restrictions.—
32 (2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a
33 political subdivision may not establish, mandate, maintain, or
34 otherwise require an employer to pay a minimum wage, other than
35 a state or federal minimum wage, to apply a state or federal
36 minimum wage to wages exempt from a state or federal minimum
37 wage, or to provide employment benefits not otherwise required
38 by state or federal law.
39 (b) A political subdivision may not through its purchasing
40 or contracting procedures seek to control or affect the wages or
41 employment benefits provided by its vendors, contractors,
42 service providers, or other parties doing business with the
43 political subdivision.
44 (c) A political subdivision may not through the use of
45 evaluation factors, qualification of bidders, or otherwise award
46 preferences on the basis of wages or employment benefits
47 provided by vendors, contractors, service providers, or other
48 parties doing business with the political subdivision.
49 (3) This section does not:
50 (a) Limit the authority of a political subdivision to
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51 establish a minimum wage other than a state or federal minimum
52 wage or to provide employment benefits not otherwise required
53 under state or federal law:
54 1. For the employees of the political subdivision; or
55 2. For the employees of an employer contracting to provide
56 goods or services for the political subdivision, or for the
57 employees of a subcontractor of such an employer, under the
58 terms of a contract with the political subdivision; or
59 2.3. For the employees of an employer receiving a direct
60 tax abatement or subsidy from the political subdivision, as a
61 condition of the direct tax abatement or subsidy.
62 Section 3. The amendments to s. 218.077, Florida Statutes,
63 by this act, do not impair any contract entered into before
64 September 30, 2025.
65 Section 4. Section 450.081, Florida Statutes, is amended
66 to read:
67 450.081 Hours of work in certain occupations.—
68 (1)(a) Minors 15 years of age or younger may not be
69 employed, permitted, or suffered to work:
70 1. Before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. when school is scheduled
71 the following day.
72 2. For more than 15 hours in any one week when school is
73 in session.
74 (b) On any school day, minors 15 years of age or younger
75 who are not enrolled in a career education program may not be
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76 gainfully employed for more than 3 hours, unless there is no
77 session of school the following day.
78 (c) During holidays and summer vacations, minors 15 years
79 of age or younger may not be employed, permitted, or suffered to
80 work before 7 a.m. or after 9 p.m., for more than 8 hours in any
81 one day, or for more than 40 hours in any one week.
82 (2)(a) Minors 16 and 17 years of age may not be employed,
83 permitted, or suffered to work:
84 1. before 6:30 a.m. or after 10 11 p.m. when school is
85 scheduled the following day.
86 2. For more than 8 hours in any one day when school is
87 scheduled the following day, except when the day of work is on a
88 holiday or Sunday.
89 3. For more than 30 hours in any one week when school is
90 in session. However, a minor's parent or custodian, or the
91 school superintendent or his or her designee, may waive the
92 limitation imposed in this subparagraph on a form prescribed by
93 the department and provided to the minor's employer.
94 (b) On any school day, minors 16 and 17 years of age who
95 are not enrolled in a career education program may not be
96 gainfully employed during school hours.
97 (3) Minors 15 years of age or younger may not be employed,
98 permitted, or suffered to work in any gainful occupation for
99 more than 6 consecutive days in any one week.
100 (4) Minors 15 years of age or younger may not be employed,
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101 permitted, or suffered to work for more than 4 hours
102 continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a
103 meal period; and for the purposes of this section law, a period
104 of less than 30 minutes is not deemed to interrupt a continuous
105 period of work. Minors 16 and 17 years of age who are employed,
106 permitted, or suffered to work for 8 hours or more in any one
107 day as authorized by this section may not be employed,
108 permitted, or suffered to work for more than 4 hours
109 continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes for a
110 meal period.
111 (5) Subsections (1)-(4), except in accordance with federal
112 law, do not apply to:
113 (a) Minors 14, 15, 16, and 17 years of age who have
114 graduated from high school or received a high school equivalency
115 diploma.
116 (b) Minors who are within the compulsory school attendance
117 age limit and who hold a valid certificate of exemption issued
118 by the school superintendent or his or her designee pursuant to
119 s. 1003.21(3).
120 (c) Minors enrolled in a public an educational institution
121 who qualify on a hardship basis, such as economic necessity or
122 family emergency. The school superintendent or his or her
123 designee shall make such determination and issue a waiver of
124 hours to the minor and the employer. The form and contents
125 thereof shall be prescribed by the department.
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126 (d) Minors 14, 15, 16, and 17 years of age who are in a
127 home education program or are enrolled in an approved virtual
128 instruction program in which the minor is separated from the
129 teacher by time only.
130 (e) Minors in domestic service in private homes, minors
131 employed by their parents, or pages in the Florida Legislature.
132 (6) The department may grant a waiver of the restrictions
133 imposed by this section pursuant to s. 450.095.
134 (6)(7) The presence of a minor in any place of employment
135 during working hours is prima facie evidence of his or her
136 employment therein.
137 (7)(8) A violation of this section is An employer who
138 requires, schedules, or otherwise causes a minor to be employed,
139 permitted, or suffered to work in violation of this section
140 commits a violation of the law, punishable as provided in s.
141 450.141.
142 Section 5. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
143 act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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