---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment"
description: "Employment; Removing certain employment restrictions for minors 16 and 17 years of age; revising the age at which certain employment restrictions apply; providing for the waiver of a specified restriction by specified persons; restricting the amount of continuous hours certain minors may work without a break for a minimum specified time period; authorizing the department to grant a waiver of the restrictions imposed under the act; providing penalties, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 49"
citation: "Florida HB 49 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["labor"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-25"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaney"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 70
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-09-18"
last_action: "2024-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e04a65d2-fc37-469f-8b56-b20fa0caa43b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/49/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7892bc158f4a5a4832d60fe4b68221f20ad1f6dee8f1f48009c572b503cf92ad"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 49 (2024) — Employment

Employment; Removing certain employment restrictions for minors 16 and 17 years of age; revising the age at which certain employment restrictions apply; providing for the waiver of a specified restriction by specified persons; restricting the amount of continuous hours certain minors may work without a break for a minimum specified time period; authorizing the department to grant a waiver of the restrictions imposed under the act; providing penalties, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-25.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 49 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/49/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 49 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/49/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 49 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/49/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 49 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/49/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 49 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/49/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **80–35** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with 1 amendment — **15–3** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **76–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chaney — primary (person)
- Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Giallombardo — cosponsor (person)
- Leek — cosponsor (person)
- Maggard — cosponsor (person)
- McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Roach — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-09-18** Filed `filing`
- **2023-10-05** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-05** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-05** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-05** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-12-06** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-12-13** Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-14** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-12-14** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-12-14** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-12-19** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-19** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-19** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2024-01-08** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** Favorable with CS by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-11** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2024-01-11** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-11** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2024-01-19** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2024-01-23** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2024-01-24** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2024-01-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/1/2024)
- **2024-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Amendment 291251 ruled out of order
- **2024-02-01** Amendment 291969 Failed
- **2024-02-01** Amendment 503451 ruled out of order
- **2024-02-01** Amendment 466201 Failed
- **2024-02-01** Amendment 505305 Failed
- **2024-02-01** Amendment 301331 Failed
- **2024-02-01** Amendment 042703 Failed
- **2024-02-01** Amendment 693245 Failed
- **2024-02-01** Amendment 547001 Failed
- **2024-02-01** Amendment 684503 Failed
- **2024-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** CS passed; YEAS 80, NAYS 35 `passage`
- **2024-02-01** In Messages
- **2024-02-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-02-21** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/26/24, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-02-26** Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by- Rules (736582); YEAS 15 NAYS 3
- **2024-02-27** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Amendments)
- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/24
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** Amendment(s) adopted (736582)
- **2024-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment(s) reconsidered, adopted as amended (407902)
- **2024-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 11 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** In Messages
- **2024-03-08** Added to Senate Message List
- **2024-03-08** Amendment 679511 adopted
- **2024-03-08** Concurred in Senate amendment 407902 as amended
- **2024-03-08** CS passed as amended; YEAS 76, NAYS 33 `passage`
- **2024-03-08** In returning messages
- **2024-03-08** Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (679511)
- **2024-03-08** CS passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 11 `passage`
- **2024-03-08** In Messages
- **2024-03-08** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-22** Chapter No. 2024-25

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e04a65d2-fc37-469f-8b56-b20fa0caa43b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).