Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1287: Labor Pool Act
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Prohibits labor pool from charging certain fee to third-party user if such user directly employs laborer for work; requires labor pool to register annually with Department of Commerce; authorizes department to adopt rules; revises remedies, damages, & costs court may award prevailing party in certain actions.
What the bill says
An act relating to the Labor Pool Act; amending s. 448.24, F.S.; prohibiting a labor pool from charging a certain fee to a third-party user if such user directly employs a laborer for work; requiring a labor pool to register annually with the Department of Commerce; authorizing the department to adopt rules; amending s. 448.25, F.S.; revising the remedies, damages, and costs a court may award the prevailing party in certain actions; providing an effective date.
From the introduced text, January 8, 2026:
An act relating to the Labor Pool Act; amending s. 448.24, F.S.; prohibiting a labor pool from charging a certain fee to a third-party user if such user directly employs a laborer for work; requiring a labor pool to register annually with the Department of Commerce; authorizing the department to adopt rules; amending s. 448.25, F.S.; revising the remedies, damages, and costs a court may award the prevailing party in certain actions; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 448.24, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (8) is added to that section, to read: 448.24 Duties and rights.— (6) A No labor pool may not shall restrict the right of a day laborer to accept a permanent position with a third-party user to whom the laborer is referred for temporary work, or to restrict the right of such a third-party user to offer such employment to an employee of the labor pool. If a third-party user directly employs a laborer for work, a labor pool may not charge the third-party user a placement fee However, nothing shall restrict the labor pool from receiving a reasonable HB 1287 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb1287-00 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES placement fee from the …
Sponsors
- Chambliss, Kevin (D, HD-117) · primary sponsor
- Valdés, Susan (R, HD-064) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- : Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- : Referred to Commerce Committee
- : Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- : Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H1287?
- H1287 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Labor Pool Act.
- What does H1287 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the Labor Pool Act; amending s. 448.24, F.S.; prohibiting a labor pool from charging a certain fee to a third-party user if such user directly employs a laborer for work; requiring a labor pool to register annually with the Department of Commerce; authorizing the department to adopt rules; amending s. 448.25, F.S.; revising the remedies, damages, and costs a court may award the prevailing party in certain actions; providing an effective date.
- What is the status of H1287?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1287?
- Chambliss, Kevin (D, HD-117), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H1287?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1287
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