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Here are the bills that are currently being considered by Florida legislators.
To support or oppose a certain bill, contact the original sponsors of the bill and your local representatives, to tell them your opinions.
| Session | Bill Number | Document | Key Issue | Bill Name | Sponsored By | Possible Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | S2514 | TEXT | This act amends Florida Statutes to require the Department of Health to revoke the medical marijuana registry status of qualified patients and caregivers who plead guilty, no contest, or are convicted of certain criminal offenses, thereby tightening eligibility rules for participation in the state’s medical marijuana program. | Health and Human Services | No sponsors listed | No sponsors listed |
| 2025 | S2500 | TEXT | This bill allocates over $31.6 billion to the Florida Department of Education for FY 2025–2026, funding early learning, K-12 public schools, colleges, universities, and special research and workforce programs to support education quality and student success statewide. | Appropriations | No sponsors listed | No sponsors listed |
| 2026 Regular Session | S0136 | TEXT | The act protects public employees and job applicants who are qualified medical marijuana patients from workplace discrimination, while outlining exceptions, testing procedures, notice requirements, and legal remedies. | Protections for Public Employees who use Medical Marijuana as Qualified Patients | Tina Polsky (D) | Tina Polsky |
| 2026 Regular Session | S0130 | TEXT | The bill protects parental rights by preventing courts from limiting or denying custody or visitation solely because a parent lawfully uses medical marijuana, and it bars presuming neglect or child endangerment on that basis. | Protection of Parental Rights | Tina Polsky (D) | Tina Polsky |
| 2026 Regular Session | S0776 | TEXT | This act allows eligible medical marijuana patients to grow up to six flowering cannabis plants at home for personal, noncommercial use, buy seeds and clones from licensed treatment centers, follow required safety measures while cultivating, consume the cannabis within set limits, and establishes penalties for violations. | Home Cultivation of Marijuana | Carlos Smith (D) | Carlos Smith |
| 2026 Regular Session | S1056 | TEXT | This act establishes new Florida statutes prohibiting drivers and passengers from possessing open containers of marijuana products in or on motor vehicles, including parked vehicles on public roads, defines key terms, sets penalties and applicability, allows local governments to adopt related ordinances, clarifies legislative intent, and specifies an effective date. | Open Containers of Marijuana Products in Motor Vehicles | Jonathan Martin (R) | Jonathan Martin |
| 2026 Regular Session | H1061 | TEXT | This act amends Florida law to prevent courts from denying or limiting parental rights, or presuming neglect or child endangerment, solely because a parent is a qualified medical marijuana patient, and establishes its applicability and effective date. | Parental Rights of Qualified Patients | Angie Nixon (D) | Angie Nixon |
| 2026 Regular Session | S0986 | TEXT | The bill amends Florida’s smoking laws to explicitly ban the smoking and vaping of marijuana products in a broad range of public places and indoor workplaces—including airports and transportation facilities—by expanding existing tobacco restrictions, with the stated goal of protecting the public from secondhand exposure, and it takes effect on July 1, 2026. | Smoking in Public Places | Joe Gruters (R), Debbie Mayfield (R), Ana Maria Rodriguez (R) | Joe Gruters, Debbie Mayfield, Ana Maria Rodriguez |
| 2026 Regular Session | HB887 | TEXT | The bill reduces Florida’s medical marijuana ID card fee to $15 for veterans who provide approved proof of service (such as a DD-214, VA or retired military ID, or a Florida driver’s license with veteran designation), aiming to improve access to medical cannabis, with the change taking effect July 1, 2026. | Medical Marijuana Use Registry Identification Cards for Veterans | Susan L. Valdés (R), Michelle Salzman (R) | Susan L. Valdés, Michelle Salzman |
