Florida · House Bill 1601 · 2025 Regular Session

Labor Regulations

HB 1601 Sponsored by Chad Johnson Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 28, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 5, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

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

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…

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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.

Every action

8 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 Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee · House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
  5. CommitteeReferred to Commerce Committee · House Commerce Committee
  6. CommitteeNow in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee · House Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
  7. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. 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.

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