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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to employment and curfew of minors; 2
amending s. 450.081, F.S.; removing certain employment 3
restrictions for minors 16 and 17 years of age; 4
revising the age at which certain employment 5
restrictions apply; amending s. 877.25, F.S.; 6
prohibiting counties and municipalities from adopting 7
or enforcing certain ordinances that are more 8
stringent than state law; providing an effective date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Section 450.081, Florida Statutes, is amended 13
to read: 14
450.081 Hours of work in certain occupations. — 15
(1)(a) Minors 15 years of age or younger may shall not be 16
employed, permitted, or suffered to work before 7 a.m. or after 17
7 p.m. when school is scheduled the following day or for more 18
than 15 hours in any one week. On any school day, minors 15 19
years of age or younger who are not enrolled in a career 20
education program may shall not be gainfully employed for more 21
than 3 hours, unless there is no session of school the following 22
day. 23
(b) During holidays and summer vacations, minors 15 years 24
of age or younger may shall not be employed, permitted, or 25
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suffered to work before 7 a.m. or after 9 p.m., for more than 8 26
hours in any one day, or for more than 40 hours in any one week. 27
(2) Minors 16 and 17 years of age shall not be employed, 28
permitted, or suffered to work before 6:30 a.m. or after 11:00 29
p.m. or for more than 8 hours in any one day when school is 30
scheduled the following day. When school is in session, minors 31
16 and 17 years of age shall not work more than 30 hours in any 32
one week. On any school day, minors 16 and 17 years of age who 33
are not enrolled in a career education program shal l not be 34
gainfully employed during school hours. 35
(2)(3) Minors 15 17 years of age or younger may shall not 36
be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any gainful 37
occupation for more than 6 consecutive days in any one week. 38
(3)(4) Minors 15 17 years of age or younger may shall not 39
be employed, permitted, or suffered to work for more than 4 40
hours continuously without an interval of at least 30 minutes 41
for a meal period; and for the purposes of this law, a no period 42
of less than 30 minutes is not shall be deemed to interrupt a 43
continuous period of work. 44
(4)(5) The provisions of Subsections (1)-(3) do (1)-(4) 45
shall not apply to: 46
(a) Minors 16 and 17 years of age who have graduated from 47
high school or received a high school equivalency diploma. 48
(a)(b) Minors who are within the compulsory school 49
attendance age limit who hold a valid certificate of exemption 50
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issued by the school superintendent or his or her designee 51
pursuant to the provisions of s. 1003.21(3). 52
(b)(c) Minors enrolled in a public educa tional institution 53
who qualify on a hardship basis such as economic necessity or 54
family emergency. Such determination shall be made by The school 55
superintendent or his or her designee shall make such 56
determination and issue , and a waiver of hours shall be issued 57
to the minor and the employer. The form and contents thereof 58
shall be prescribed by the department. 59
(c)(d) Minors Children in domestic service in private 60
homes, minors children employed by their parents, or pages in 61
the Florida Legislature. 62
(5)(6) The presence of a any minor in any place of 63
employment during working hours is shall be prima facie evidence 64
of his or her employment therein. 65
(6) Minors 16 and 17 years of age may be employed, 66
permitted, or suffered to work the same number of hours as a 67
person who is 18 years of age or older. 68
Section 2. Section 877.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to 69
read: 70
877.25 Local ordinance required; effect. —Sections 877.20-71
877.24 do not apply in a county or municipality unless the 72
governing body of the c ounty or municipality adopts an ordinance 73
that incorporates by reference the provisions of ss. 877.20-74
877.24. Sections 877.20 -877.24 do not preclude county or 75
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municipal ordinances regulating the presence of minors in public 76
places and establishments which provide restrictions more 77
stringent or less stringent than the curfew imposed under s. 78
877.22. However, a governing body of a county or municipality 79
may not adopt or enforce an ordinance that regulates the 80
presence of minors in public places and establishm ents which 81
imposes restrictions more stringent than the curfew imposed 82
under s. 877.22. 83
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 84