Florida SB 358: Residential Graywater System Tax Credits

Bill Text

358 
Division of Labor Standards 
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Creating the Division of Labor Standards within the Department of Commerce for specified purposes; revising the protected rights of an employee; authorizing and providing the division certain powers to conduct investigations, issue citations, enforce and collect judgments by certain means, and partner with other entities for enforcement and education outreach; creating the Division of Labor Standards Community Advisory Board within the Division of Labor Standards, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 358 

 By Senator Smith 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Division of Labor Standards; 
 3 amending s. 20.60, F.S.; creating the Division of 
 4 Labor Standards within the Department of Commerce for 
 5 specified purposes; specifying that the department is 
 6 the state’s chief agency for employee protection; 
 7 requiring the department to support and protect the 
 8 state’s workforce in a specified manner; amending s. 
 9 448.109, F.S.; revising requirements for notifying 
 10 employees of certain rights; amending s. 448.110, 
 11 F.S.; designating the Division of Labor Standards as 
 12 the state Agency for Workforce Innovation for purposes 
 13 of implementing s. 24, Art. X of the State 
 14 Constitution; defining terms; revising the protected 
 15 rights of an employee; creating a rebuttable 
 16 presumption and burden of proof for an employer; 
 17 providing applicability; revising the process for 
 18 filing a complaint for a violation of protected 
 19 rights; specifying that certain actions are violations 
 20 of the state minimum wage law; prohibiting a person or 
 21 an entity from entering into certain contracts; 
 22 authorizing and providing the division certain powers 
 23 to conduct investigations, issue citations, enforce 
 24 and collect judgments by certain means, and partner 
 25 with other entities for enforcement and education 
 26 outreach; prohibiting an employer from introducing at 
 27 an administrative or civil proceeding any 
 28 documentation as evidence that was not provided to the 
 29 division; providing for injunctive relief under 
 30 certain circumstances; providing a process for review 
 31 of a citation, levy, or stop-order issued by the 
 32 division; authorizing an aggrieved person to file a 
 33 civil action; providing penalties; tolling the statute 
 34 of limitations during an investigation; providing 
 35 liability; requiring all employers, client employers, 
 36 and labor contractors to create records; requiring 
 37 that such records be maintained for a specified length 
 38 of time and be reasonably accessible to the division; 
 39 authorizing the division to enter into agreements with 
 40 local, state, or federal agencies to assist in 
 41 administration and enforcement; requiring the division 
 42 to establish and maintain an outreach and education 
 43 partnership program for a specified purpose; providing 
 44 the duties of the program; creating s. 448.112, F.S.; 
 45 creating the Division of Labor Standards Community 
 46 Advisory Board within the Division of Labor Standards; 
 47 providing for membership, meetings, and duties of the 
 48 advisory board; requiring the director to submit an 
 49 annual report to the Governor and the Legislature by a 
 50 specified date; providing for future legislative 
 51 review and repeal of the advisory board; providing an 
 52 effective date. 
 53 
 54 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 56 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and subsection 
 57 (4) of section 20.60, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 
 58 20.60 Department of Commerce; creation; powers and duties.— 
 59 (3)(a) The following divisions and offices of the 
 60 Department of Commerce are established: 
 61 1. The Division of Economic Development. 
 62 2. The Division of Community Development. 
 63 3. The Division of Workforce Services. 
 64 4. The Division of Finance and Administration. 
 65 5. The Division of Information Technology. 
 66 6. The Office of the Secretary. 
 67 7. The Office of Economic Accountability and Transparency, 
 68 which shall: 
 69 a. Oversee the department’s critical objectives as 
 70 determined by the secretary and make sure that the department’s 
 71 key objectives are clearly communicated to the public. 
 72 b. Organize department resources, expertise, data, and 
 73 research to focus on and solve the complex economic challenges 
 74 facing the state. 
 75 c. Provide leadership for the department’s priority issues 
 76 that require integration of policy, management, and critical 
 77 objectives from multiple programs and organizations internal and 
 78 external to the department; and organize and manage external 
 79 communication on such priority issues. 
 80 d. Promote and facilitate key department initiatives to 
 81 add