Florida 2024 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0049 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 12/14/2023

                       
 
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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 
requiring a curfew adopted by county or municipal 7 
ordinance to include certain exceptions; providing an 8 
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 follow ing 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 shall 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 compul sory 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 educational 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 employe r. 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 county or municipality a dopts 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 , as 76 
defined in s. 450.012(3), in public places and establishments 77 
which provide restrictions more stringent or less stringent than 78 
the curfew imposed under s. 877.22. However, a curfew adopted by 79 
a county or municipal ordinance must also include the exceptions 80 
contained in s. 877.24. 81 
 Section 3.  This act shall take e ffect July 1, 2024. 82