Florida 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

HB 1601 — Labor Regulations

Last action — Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Labor Regulations; Revises conditions under which employer may not take retaliatory personnel action against employee; requires employee to provide specified written notice to supervisor or employer; requires employee to provide employer reasonable opportunity to correct activity, policy, or practice; prohibits employee from recovering in specified actions unless employee took certain actions; requires employee to prove that employer's reasons for certain retaliatory personnel action are false; removes option for court to award other compensatory damages; requires, rather than authorizing, court to award attorney fees & costs; precluding certain claims.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

  4. Referred to Commerce Committee

  5. Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

  6. Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

  7. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  8. Filed

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1601 do?
Labor Regulations; Revises conditions under which employer may not take retaliatory personnel action against employee; requires employee to provide specified written notice to supervisor or employer; requires employee to provide employer reasonable opportunity to correct activity, policy, or practice; prohibits employee from recovering in specified actions unless employee took certain actions; requires employee to prove that employer's reasons for certain retaliatory personnel action are false; removes option for court to award other compensatory damages; requires, rather than authorizing, court to award attorney fees & costs; precluding certain claims.
Who sponsors HB 1601?
HB 1601 is sponsored by Johnson, Chad (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1601?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 1601?
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