Florida Senate - 2025 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 676
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: FAV .
04/22/2025 .
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The Committee on Rules (Martin) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 448.110, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 448.110 State minimum wage; annual wage adjustment;
8 enforcement.—
9 (3)(a) Employers shall pay employees a minimum wage at an
10 hourly rate of $6.15 for all hours worked in Florida. Only those
11 individuals entitled to receive the federal minimum wage under
12 the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, and its
13 implementing regulations shall be eligible to receive the state
14 minimum wage pursuant to s. 24, Art. X of the State Constitution
15 and this section. The provisions of ss. 213 and 214 of the
16 federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as interpreted by applicable
17 federal regulations and implemented by the Secretary of Labor,
18 are incorporated herein.
19 (b) An employer is not subject to the state minimum wage
20 requirements of this section for an employee who is in a
21 structured work-study, internship, preapprenticeship, or other
22 similar work-based learning opportunity and who opts out of
23 receiving the minimum wage. However, such work-based learning
24 opportunity may not last longer than 9 months or two full-time
25 semesters consisting of at least 15 credit hours each.
26 (c) An employee may opt out of receiving the state minimum
27 wage by voluntarily signing a waiver of his or her right to the
28 state minimum wage established under this subsection. The waiver
29 must state that the employee acknowledges his or her right to
30 the state minimum wage pursuant to s. 24, Art. X of the State
31 Constitution and this section and that the employee is knowingly
32 and voluntarily choosing to receive a lesser amount for his or
33 her work-based learning opportunity as described in paragraph
34 (b). An employer may not coerce an employee to opt out of
35 receiving the state minimum wage. If the employee is younger
36 than 18 years of age, in order for the waiver to be effective,
37 the employee’s parent or guardian must have agreed and signed
38 the waiver on behalf of the minor employee at the minor
39 employee’s request.
40 (d) An employee’s waiver to opt out of the state minimum
41 wage under this subsection is valid for only 9 months after the
42 date his or her employment with the employer begins. Thereafter,
43 the employee must be paid at or above the state minimum wage
44 regardless of his or her position or job title with the
45 employer.
46 (e) If any provision of this subsection or its application
47 to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that provision or
48 its application is severable and does not affect the validity of
49 the other provisions or applications of this subsection.
50 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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53 And the title is amended as follows:
54 Delete everything before the enacting clause
55 and insert:
56 A bill to be entitled
57 An act relating to minimum wage requirements; amending
58 s. 448.110, F.S.; providing that an employer is not
59 subject to state minimum wage requirements for
60 specified employees who opt out of receiving the
61 minimum wage; prohibiting certain work-based learning
62 opportunities from lasting longer than a specified
63 timeframe; authorizing employees to voluntarily opt
64 out of the state minimum wage requirements by signing
65 a waiver; specifying what must be stated in the
66 waiver; prohibiting an employer from coercing an
67 employee to opt out of the state minimum wage;
68 requiring a parent or guardian to sign the waiver if
69 the employee is a minor; providing that an employee’s
70 waiver to opt out of the state minimum wage is valid
71 for a specified timeframe; requiring the employer to
72 pay the employee at or above the minimum wage after
73 such timeframe; providing severability; providing an
74 effective date.