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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1601: Labor Regulations

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1601 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Labor Regulations. Primary sponsor: Chad Johnson (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chad JohnsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse22

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  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 Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration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

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source