Florida · House Bill 1177 · 2025 Regular Session

Labor Regulations

  1. Introduced Feb 26, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 5, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Oct 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Labor Regulations; Provides that all employee organizations that are certified as bargaining agent, & not just those representing certain employees, may deduct dues & assessments from salaries of certain employees; removes provision requiring certain employee organizations to petition for recertification; provides applicability; requires certain employers to implement outdoor heat exposure safety program that has…

Read the full title (189 words)

Labor Regulations; Provides that all employee organizations that are certified as bargaining agent, & not just those representing certain employees, may deduct dues & assessments from salaries of certain employees; removes provision requiring certain employee organizations to petition for recertification; provides applicability; requires certain employers to implement outdoor heat exposure safety program that has been approved by specified departments; specifies requirements for safety program; provides responsibilities for certain employers & employees; provides exceptions; requires specified annual training on heat illness & providing requirements for such training; requires DACS, in conjunction with DOH, to adopt specified rules; requires certain contracting agents to contribute funds to qualified benefit providers for benefit of workers; provides contribution amount; requires such contributions to be made within certain time period; provides requirements for such contributions; provides duties of qualified benefit providers; authorizes qualified benefit provider to use specified percentage of contributions for administrative functions; requires worker to select qualified benefit provider; authorizes worker to change his or her qualified benefit provider annually; requires contracting agents to provide certain information to its workers; provides requirements for organization to become qualified benefit provider; provides cause of action.

Every action

9 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  3. CommitteeReferred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee · House Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
  4. CommitteeReferred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee · House Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
  5. CommitteeReferred to Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee
  6. CommitteeReferred to Commerce Committee · House Commerce Committee
  7. CommitteeNow in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee · House Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
  8. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  9. CommitteeDied in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee · House Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 14 cosponsors: 14 Democrats.

All 14 cosponsors

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.