Florida SB 1112: Middle School and High School Start Times

Bill Text

1112 
Labor Pool Act 
2026-01-05T11:04:50Z 
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; revising the remedies, damages, and costs a court may award the prevailing party in certain actions, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1112 

 By Senator Garcia 

 36-00659A-26 20261112__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Labor Pool Act; amending s. 
 3 448.24, F.S.; prohibiting a labor pool from charging a 
 4 certain fee to a third-party user if such user 
 5 directly employs a laborer for work; requiring a labor 
 6 pool to register annually with the Department of 
 7 Commerce; authorizing the department to adopt rules; 
 8 amending s. 448.25, F.S.; revising the remedies, 
 9 damages, and costs a court may award the prevailing 
 10 party in certain actions; providing an effective date. 
 11 
 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 13 
 14 Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 448.24, Florida 
 15 Statutes, is amended, and subsection (8) is added to that 
 16 section, to read: 
 17 448.24 Duties and rights.— 
 18 (6) A No labor pool may not shall restrict the right of a 
 19 day laborer to accept a permanent position with a third-party 
 20 user to whom the laborer is referred for temporary work, or to 
 21 restrict the right of such a third-party user to offer such 
 22 employment to an employee of the labor pool. If a third-party 
 23 user directly employs a laborer for work, a labor pool may not 
 24 charge the third-party user a placement fee However, nothing 
 25 shall restrict the labor pool from receiving a reasonable 
 26 placement fee from the third-party user. 
 27 (8) A labor pool that is located, operates, or transacts 
 28 business in this state shall register annually with the 
 29 Department of Commerce. The department may adopt rules to 
 30 implement this subsection. 
 31 Section 2. Subsection (4) is added to section 448.25, 
 32 Florida Statutes, to read: 
 33 448.25 Remedies; damages; costs.— 
 34 (4) In addition to any damages awarded for an action 
 35 brought pursuant to this section, the court shall award 
 36 reasonable attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party. 
 37 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.