Tips From Seyfarth: Florida Expands Disclosure Requirements For Automatic Charges

Seyfarth Synopsis: Effective July 1, 2026, all Florida food establishments must disclose any mandatory fee, not just automatic gratuities, on both the menu and bill.

We here at TIPS have been closely following a newly passed piece of legislation out of Florida relating to disclosure of charges by food establishments. The newly passed bill expands upon an existing statute, F.S.A. § 509.214, requiring public food establishments to disclose automatic gratuities and service charges to customers. The expanded law, which will come into effect on July 1, now requires food establishments to disclose any mandatory “operations charge,” not just automatic gratuities or service fees. The statute defines “operations charge” as an automatic fee or