H1225 — Employment

H1225, an employment bill, was filed in the Florida House on February 26, 2025, and has advanced through multiple committee readings as of June 16, 2025.

The bill prohibits political subdivisions from maintaining minimum wages other than state or federal minimum wage and from controlling, affecting, or awarding preferences based on wages or employment benefits of entities doing business with the subdivision. The bill revises employment restrictions for specified minors, adjusts the age at which certain employment restrictions do not apply (except in accordance with federal law), revises exceptions to work restrictions, and removes the Department of Business and Professional Regulation's authority to grant waivers of employment restrictions.

Political subdivisions of the state of Florida.

The bill status as of June 16, 2025 is Stage 6 (most recent committee action was favorable passage out of Education & Employment Committee on April 17, 2025, with a committee substitute filed on April 22, 2025); no effective date has been established.