Florida 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

SB 1552 — Division of Labor Standards

Last action — Died in Commerce and Tourism

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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

Division of Labor Standards; Creating the Division of Labor Standards within the Department of Commerce for specified purposes; specifying that the department is the state’s chief agency for employee protection; requiring the department to support and protect the state’s workforce in a specified manner; revising the protected rights of an employee; creating the Division of Labor Standards Community Advisory Board within the Division of Labor Standards, etc.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill establishes the Division of Labor Standards within the Department of Commerce, revising employee protection measures and enforcement procedures related to the minimum wage law.

  • 20.60

    8. The Division of Workforce Services. → 8. The Division of Labor Standards, which shall:

    This change creates the Division of Labor Standards as a new division within the Department of Commerce.

  • 20.60

    The department is the state’s chief agency for business recruitment and expansion, employee protection, and economic development. → The department is the state’s chief agency for employee protection;

    This clause emphasizes the department's role in employee protection.

  • 448.109

    Each employer who must pay an employee the Florida minimum wage shall prominently display a poster as prescribed in substantially similar to the one made available pursuant to subsection (3) in a conspicuous and accessible place in each establishment where such employees are employed. → Each employer who must pay an employee the Florida minimum wage shall prominently display a poster as prescribed in a conspicuous and accessible place in each establishment where such employees are employed.

    This change clarifies the requirement for employers to display minimum wage posters.

  • 448.109

    Each year the Division of Labor Standards Department of Commerce shall, on or before December 1, create and make available to employers a poster in English, and in Spanish, and any other language, as necessary. → Each year the Division of Labor Standards shall, on or before December 1, create and make available to employers a poster in English, and in Spanish, and any other language, as necessary.

    This amendment updates the agency responsible for creating the minimum wage poster.

  • 448.110

    N/A → which shall administer and enforce s. 24, Art. X of the State Constitution, s. 448.110, and any other statutes and laws, or parts thereof, over which the division has been granted administrative or enforcement authority by the Legislature.

    This section assigns the new Division of Labor Standards the authority to enforce various labor statutes.

  • 448.110

    N/A → defining terms; revising the protected rights of an employee; creating a rebuttable presumption and burden of proof for an employer;

    This addition creates definitions and establishes new employee protections and evidentiary standards.

Action History

  1. Died in Commerce and Tourism

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. Introduced

  4. Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy

  5. Filed

Sponsors

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

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Not signed on (163)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1552 do?
Division of Labor Standards; Creating the Division of Labor Standards within the Department of Commerce for specified purposes; specifying that the department is the state’s chief agency for employee protection; requiring the department to support and protect the state’s workforce in a specified manner; revising the protected rights of an employee; creating the Division of Labor Standards Community Advisory Board within the Division of Labor Standards, etc.
Who sponsors SB 1552?
SB 1552 is sponsored by Smith, Carlos Guillermo (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 1552?
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 SB 1552?
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