Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 676
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/10/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Martin) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 30 - 35
    4  and insert:
    5  wage.
    6         (c) An employee may opt out of receiving the minimum wage
    7  by signing a waiver of his or her right to the minimum wage
    8  established under this this section. The waiver must state that
    9  the employee acknowledges his or her right to the state minimum
   10  wage pursuant to s. 24, Art. X of the State Constitution and
   11  this section and that he or she is knowingly and voluntarily
   12  choosing to receive a lesser amount for his or her work-based
   13  learning opportunity as described in paragraph (b). If the
   14  employee is younger than 18 years of age, the employee’s parent
   15  or guardian must sign the waiver on behalf of the employee.
   16         (d) If any provision of this section or its application to
   17  any person or circumstance is held invalid, that provision or
   18  its application is severable and does not affect the validity of
   19  other provisions or applications of this section.
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   21  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   22  And the title is amended as follows:
   23         Delete line 7
   24  and insert:
   25         manner; requiring that the parent or guardian of an
   26         employee who is younger than 18 years of age sign such
   27         waiver on behalf of the employee; providing
   28         severability; providing an effective date.