FL S1916

Bill

Legalization of Recreational Marijuana

Introduced
03/01/2021

In Committee
03/04/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
04/30/2021

Introduced Session

2021 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Exempting certain activities involving marijuana from use and possession offenses; authorizing persons age 21 and over to engage in certain activities involving personal use of marijuana in limited amounts; providing for personal cultivation; specifying possession limits; providing for issuance of early approval adult use dispensing organization licenses; providing cultivation center requirements and prohibitions; requiring certain tests to be performed before manufacturing or natural processing of any cannabis or cannabis-infused product or packaging cannabis for sale to a dispensary; providing that marijuana establishments that sell food containing marijuana are considered food establishments for the purposes of specified regulations; removing cannabis from the schedule of controlled substances; providing for sentence review for certain offenders, etc.

AI Summary

This bill: Exempts certain activities involving marijuana from use and possession offenses; authorizes persons age 21 and over to engage in certain activities involving personal use of marijuana in limited amounts; provides for personal cultivation; specifies possession limits; provides for issuance of early approval adult use dispensing organization licenses; provides cultivation center requirements and prohibitions; requires certain tests to be performed before manufacturing or natural processing of any cannabis or cannabis-infused product or packaging cannabis for sale to a dispensary; provides that marijuana establishments that sell food containing marijuana are considered food establishments for the purposes of specified regulations; removes cannabis from the schedule of controlled substances; and provides for sentence review for certain offenders. The bill also creates the Florida College System Cannabis Vocational Pilot Program, which allows certain community colleges to offer a Career in Cannabis Certificate program for students to study and work with live cannabis plants, and provides retroactive application of changes to the laws regarding possession of cannabis.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (1)

Randolph Bracy (D)*,

Last Action

Died in Regulated Industries (on 04/30/2021)

Official Document

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1916

(11 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1916
BillText	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1916/BillText/Filed/HTML
Bill	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1916/BillText/Filed/PDF

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H0189	Expunction of Criminal History Records Relating to Cannabis Offenses	Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee	Similar To
H0291	Legalization of Recreational Marijuana	Died in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee	Similar To
H0343	Availability of Marijuana for Adult Use	Died in Professions & Public Health Subcommittee	Similar To
H1361	Adult Use Marijuana Legalization	Died in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee	Similar To
H1597	Legalization Of Recreational Marijuana	Died in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee	Similar To
H1599	Taxes and Fees/Legalization Of Recreational Marijuana	Died in Regulatory Reform Subcommittee	Similar To
H6029	Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Drug Trafficking	Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee	Similar To
S0468	Expunction of Criminal History Records Relating to Certain Cannabis Offenses	Died in Messages	Similar To
S0664	Adult Use Marijuana Legalization	Died in Regulated Industries	Similar To
S0710	Availability of Marijuana for Adult Use	Died in Health Policy	Similar To
S1918	Taxes and Fees/Cultivation of Cannabis	Died in Regulated Industries	Related

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FL S1916

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