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FL HB 309

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Controlled Substances

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Controlled Substances; Excepts from list of Schedule I controlled substances certain xylazine animal drug products approved by United States Food & Drug Administration & used for certain purposes; provides criminal penalties & requires mandatory minimum term of imprisonment if person sells, manufactures, or delivers or possesses with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver xylazine; creates offense of trafficking in xylazine; provides criminal penalties & requires mandatory minimum term of imprisonment & fines based on quantity of controlled substance involved in offense.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-09 — Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 432
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Justice Budget Subcommitteeprimary
  • Plakonprimary
  • Banksonprimary
  • Criminal Justice Subcommitteeprimary
  • López, J.cosponsor
  • Growcosponsor
  • Cobbcosponsor
  • Chaneycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-11-04

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-11-12

    Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-11-12

    Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-11-12

    Referred to Judiciary Committee

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-11-12

    Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  6. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

    filing,reading-1

  7. 2026-01-15

    Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda

  8. 2026-01-20

    Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2026-01-20

    Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  10. 2026-01-20

    Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

    deferral

  11. 2026-01-20

    CS Filed

    filing

  12. 2026-01-21

    Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  13. 2026-01-21

    Referred to Judiciary Committee

    referral-committee

  14. 2026-01-21

    Now in Justice Budget Subcommittee

  15. 2026-01-21

    1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

    reading-1

  16. 2026-02-10

    PCS added to Justice Budget Subcommittee agenda

  17. 2026-02-12

    Favorable with CS by Justice Budget Subcommittee

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. 2026-02-12

    Reported out of Justice Budget Subcommittee

  19. 2026-02-12

    Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

    deferral

  20. 2026-02-12

    CS Filed

    filing

  21. 2026-02-13

    Referred to Judiciary Committee

    referral-committee

  22. 2026-02-13

    Now in Judiciary Committee

  23. 2026-02-13

    1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

    reading-1

  24. 2026-02-20

    Added to Judiciary Committee agenda

  25. 2026-02-24

    Favorable by Judiciary Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. 2026-02-24

    Reported out of Judiciary Committee

  27. 2026-02-24

    Bill released to House Calendar

  28. 2026-02-24

    Added to Second Reading Calendar

  29. 2026-03-09

    Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 432

    deferral

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee)

    2026-01-20 · pass · 15-1

  • Favorable (Justice Budget Subcommittee)

    2026-02-12 · pass · 14-0

  • Favorable (Judiciary Committee)

    2026-02-24 · pass · 16-0

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/309/ByCategory

Attribution

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