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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 541: Minimum Wage Requirements

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 541 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Minimum Wage Requirements. Primary sponsor: Ryan Chamberlin (Republican), Careers & Workforce Subcommittee, Commerce Committee. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died on Second Reading Calendar.

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.

Minimum Wage Requirements; Provides that employer is not subject to state minimum wage requirements for specified employees; prohibits certain work-based learning opportunities from lasting longer than specified amount of time; authorizes employees to voluntarily opt out of state minimum wage requirements by signing waiver; prohibits employer from coercing employee into opting out of state minimum wage; provides requirements in order for waiver to be effective for minor employee; requires employers to pay employee at or above federal minimum wage; provides that employee's waiver to opt out of state minimum wage is only valid for specified timeframe.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ryan ChamberlinPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Careers & Workforce SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Commerce CommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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 on Second Reading Calendar
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Added to Second Reading Calendar
  4. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  5. Bill referred to House Calendar
  6. CS Filed
  7. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  8. Reported out of Commerce Committee
  9. Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee
  10. Added to Commerce Committee agenda
  11. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  12. Now in Commerce Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

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