Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H221: Minimum Wage Requirements
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Exempts employer from state minimum wage requirements for specified employees; prohibits certain work-based learning opportunities from lasting longer than specified timeframe; authorizes employees to voluntarily opt out of state minimum wage requirements by signing waiver; prohibits employer from coercing employee into opting out of state minimum wage; provides requirements for waiver to be effective for minor employee; requires employers to pay employee at or above federal minimum wage; requires employee to be paid at or above state minimum wage at expiration of work-based learning opportunity.
What the bill says
An act relating to minimum wage requirements; providing a short title; amending s. 448.110, F.S.; exempting an employer from state minimum wage requirements for specified employees; prohibiting certain work-based learning opportunities from lasting longer than a specified timeframe; defining the term "work-based learning opportunity"; authorizing employees to voluntarily opt out of the state minimum wage requirements by signing a waiver; prohibiting an employer from coercing an employee into opting out of the state minimum wage…
From the introduced text, January 28, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to minimum wage requirements; providing a short title; amending s. 448.110, F.S.; exempting an employer from state minimum wage requirements for specified employees; prohibiting certain work-based learning opportunities from lasting longer than a specified timeframe; defining the term "work-based learning opportunity"; authorizing employees to voluntarily opt out of the state minimum wage requirements by signing a waiver; prohibiting an employer from coercing an employee into opting out of the state minimum wage; providing requirements for the waiver to be effective for a minor employee; requiring employers to pay an employee at or above the federal minimum wage; requiring an employee to be paid at or above the state minimum wage at the expiration of the work-based learning opportunity; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. This act may be cited as the "On-the-Job Workforce Training Act." Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 448.110, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: words underlined are additions. hb221-01-c1 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES CS/HB 221 2026 448.110 State minimum wage; annual wage adjustment; enforcement.-- (3)(a) Employers shall pay employees a minimum wage at an hourly rate of $6.15 for all hours worked in Florida. Only those individuals entitled to receive the federal minimum wage under the federal Fair Labor Standards …
Sponsors
- Chamberlin, Ryan (R, HD-024) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Commerce Committee
- : Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- : Now in Commerce Committee
- : Reported out of Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- : Favorable by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- : Added to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee agenda
- : 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- : Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
- : Referred to Commerce Committee
- : Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
Votes
- House: Careers & Workforce Subcommittee (February 4, 2026): 11 yea, 5 nay, passed
- House: Careers & Workforce Subcommittee (February 4, 2026): 11 yea, 5 nay, passed
- House: Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee (January 28, 2026): 11 yea, 6 nay, passed
- House: Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee (January 28, 2026): 11 yea, 6 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H221?
- H221 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Minimum Wage Requirements.
- What does H221 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to minimum wage requirements; providing a short title; amending s. 448.110, F.S.; exempting an employer from state minimum wage requirements for specified employees; prohibiting certain work-based learning opportunities from lasting longer than a specified timeframe; defining the term "work-based learning opportunity"; authorizing employees to voluntarily opt out of the state minimum wage requirements by signing a waiver; prohibiting an employer from coercing an employee into opting out of the state minimum wage…
- What is the status of H221?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Commerce Committee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H221?
- Chamberlin, Ryan (R, HD-024).
- Where is the official record for H221?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/221
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