# Florida SB 606: Public Lodging and Public Food Service Establishments

Florida SB 606, Public Lodging and Public Food Service Establishments, is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Thomas J. "Tom" Leek (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-06-03 (Chapter No. 2025-113) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 606
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: Public Lodging and Public Food Service Establishments
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-10
- Last action: 2025-06-03, Chapter No. 2025-113
- Sponsor: Thomas J. "Tom" Leek (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Appropriation, Regulated Industries, Criminal Justice, Rules, House Calendar
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 6 (212 yes, 15 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Clearer restaurant fees for Florida diners: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida food service businesses must clearly disclose automatic fees beyond government taxes. These include service charges, automatic tips, credit-card surcharges, and delivery fees. Applicable menus, contracts, and ordering websites or apps must show each fee’s amount or p…
- Florida guests face clearer removal rules: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, Florida lodging and food service operators have specific grounds for removing guests. These include illegal drug possession or dealing, disturbing the peace, harming the establishment’s reputation, or not paying for food or services. Operators can also remove guests when con…
- New rules classify Florida lodging stays: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Florida classifies lodging as transient when rented more than three times per calendar year for stays under 30 consecutive days. Advertising a unit as regularly available for those short stays also qualifies. Nontransient lodging uses rental periods of at least 30 consecutiv…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Thomas J. "Tom" Leek (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-01 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 35 | 2 |   |
| 2025-04-30 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 104 | 9 |   |
| 2025-04-16 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 35 | 1 |   |
| 2025-04-08 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 22 | 2 |   |
| 2025-04-01 | Senate | Criminal Justice Vote | pass | 8 | 1 |   |
| 2025-03-12 | Senate | Regulated Industries Vote | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (37)

- 2025-06-03: Chapter No. 2025-113
- 2025-06-02: Approved by Governor
- 2025-06-02: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2025-05-01: Ordered engrossed, then enrolled (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 2 -SJ 1074 (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (355889) -SJ 1074 (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: In returning messages (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Passed as amended; YEAS 104, NAYS 9 (House)
- 2025-04-30: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2025-04-30: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-30: Placed on 3rd reading (House)
- 2025-04-30: Amendment 355889 adopted (House)
- 2025-04-30: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2025-04-29: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025) (House)
- 2025-04-29: Added to Second Reading Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-29: Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-04-28: 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (House)
- 2025-04-28: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025) (House)
- 2025-04-28: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-16: In Messages (House)
- 2025-04-16: Immediately certified -SJ 444 (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 1 -SJ 432 (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Read 3rd time -SJ 432 (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Read 2nd time -SJ 432 (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/16/25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 2 (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Now in Rules (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Now in Criminal Justice (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Favorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/12/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Referred to Regulated Industries; Criminal Justice; Rules (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2025-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/606/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/606/BillText/er/PDF)
- e1, 2025-05-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/606/BillText/e1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/606/BillText/e1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-02-10: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/606/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/606/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs (vetoed)
- HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program (vetoed)
- HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death (vetoed)
- HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees (vetoed)
- HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates (vetoed)
- HB 5015: State Group Insurance (vetoed)

## Sources
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/606/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/606/BillText/er/PDF)
- [e1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/606/BillText/e1/HTML)
- [e1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/606/BillText/e1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/606/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/606/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1427-2025)
- [HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1095-2025)
- [HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6017-2025)
- [HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1445-2025)
- [HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB11-2025)
- [HB 5015: State Group Insurance](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB5015-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB606-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).
