Bill > S0334

Introduced Session

An act relating to marijuana products; amending s. 381.986, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; authorizing certain qualified patients to apply to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for a certificate to cultivate up to two cannabis plants for personal consumption; requiring the department to adopt rules related to such certificates, including rules for inspection and registration of each cannabis plant; requiring an applicant to provide certain documentation if he or she is leasing a residence; providing that no more than two cannabis plants may be cultivated at a single residence regardless of the number of eligible qualified patients who reside there; specifying limitations on and requirements for the cultivation of cannabis plants for personal use; providing criminal penalties; amending s. 581.217, F.S.; revising legislative findings; revising definitions; defining the term “total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration”; providing conditions for the manufacture, delivery, holding, offering for sale, distribution, and sale of hemp extract; prohibiting the sale of hemp extract at unpermitted businesses or establishments or at retail stalls on the street or at festivals; prohibiting businesses and food establishments from possessing hemp extract products that are attractive to children or from being located within a specified distance of certain properties; specifying conditions for the advertising of hemp extract products; requiring the department to preapprove all advertisements for business and food establishments selling hemp extract; providing requirements for recordkeeping, recall procedures, and storage for businesses and food establishments selling hemp extract products; providing that such establishments are subject to random, unannounced inspections by the Department of Law Enforcement and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; prohibiting the sale of hemp in a form for smoking; providing administrative penalties; prohibiting the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from granting permission to remove or use certain hemp extract products until it determines whether such hemp extract products comply with state law; prohibiting any person or entity in this state from engaging in a process that converts hemp extract’s cannabidiol in a specified manner; prohibiting event organizers from promoting, advertising, or facilitating certain events; providing for administrative fines; reenacting ss. 500.03(1)(n), 893.02(3), 916.1085(1)(a), 944.47(1)(a), 951.22(1)(h), and 985.711(1)(a), F.S., relating to the definition of “food”; the definition of “cannabis”; introduction or removal of certain articles unlawful; introduction, removal, or possession of contraband; county detention facilities and contraband articles; and introduction, removal, or possession of certain articles unlawful, respectively, to incorporate the amendments made to s. 581.217, F.S., in references thereto; providing an appropriation; providing an effective date.

AI Summary

Joe Gruters (R)*, 

Withdrawn prior to introduction (on 01/27/2025)

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