Public Works Employee Identification Cards

Labor

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Woodson
Last action: 2025-11-18
Official status: House - Withdrawn prior to introduction
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not provide specific details about what information must be included on the identification cards.

Public Works Employee ID Cards

This bill requires local governments to issue identification cards to public works employees who are not on probation.

What This Bill Does

Defines a 'public works employee' as someone whose main job involves the construction, maintenance, repair, renovation, remodeling, or improvement of facilities owned by cities, counties, or other political subdivisions in Florida.
Requires municipalities, counties, and other political subdivisions to issue identification cards indicating that public works employees are first responders if they are not on probation.
States that getting an ID card does not change the employee's salary, pension, or other employment benefits.

Who It Names or Affects

Public works employees in Florida
Local government agencies like cities and counties

Terms To Know

public works employee: A person whose main job involves the construction, maintenance, repair, renovation, remodeling, or improvement of facilities owned by cities, counties, or other political subdivisions in Florida.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what information the ID cards must contain.
It's unclear how local governments will implement and fund this requirement.

Bill History

2025-11-18 House
• Withdrawn prior to introduction
2025-10-07 House
• Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
2025-10-02 House
• Filed

Official Summary Text

Public Works Employee Identification Cards; Defines "public works employee"; requires political subdivisions to issue identification cards to certain public works employees.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

HB 75 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to public works employee 2
identification cards; creating s. 112.235, F.S.; 3
defining the term "public works employee"; requiring 4
political subdivisions to issue identification cards 5
to certain public works employees; providing 6
construction; providing an effective date. 7
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9
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Section 1. Section 112.235, Florida Statutes, is created 11
to read: 12
112.235 Public works employees; first responder 13
identification cards.— 14
(1) As used in this section, the term "public works 15
employee" means a public employee whose primary duties involve 16
the construction, maintenance, repair, renovation, remodeling, 17
or improvement of a building, highway, road, street, sewer, 18
storm drain, water system, site development, irrigation system, 19
reclamation project, gas or electrical distribution system, gas 20
or electrical substation, or other facility, project, or portion 21
thereof owned in whole or in part by a municipality, county, or 22
other political subdivision of this state. 23
(2) A municipality, county, or other political subdivision 24
of this state shall issue to each public works employee who is 25

HB 75 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

not on probation an identification card indicating that he or 26
she is a first responder. 27
(3) The issuance of an identification card to a public 28
works employee under subsection (2) does not affect his or her 29
salary, pension, or other employment benefits. 30
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 31