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HB0389 • 2026

Smoking in Public Places

Smoking in Public Places

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Andrade ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Tendrich
Last action
2026-03-13
Official status
House - Died in Health & Human Services Committee
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on updates for stand-alone bars, so this claim was removed.

Smoking in Public Places

This bill defines 'public place' and prohibits smoking or vaping of tobacco and marijuana products in public places with some exceptions.

What This Bill Does

  • Defines 'public place' as any area accessible to the general public, including streets, sidewalks, parks, beaches, and common areas of buildings.
  • Revises the definition of 'smoking' to include inhaling or exhaling smoke from lighted tobacco or marijuana products.
  • Prohibits smoking or vaping in enclosed indoor workplaces and public places, except for unfiltered cigars.
  • Adds a new requirement that customs smoking rooms at airports cannot allow smoking or vaping of marijuana products.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who smoke or vape in public places
  • Businesses and organizations with indoor workplaces or common areas open to the public

Terms To Know

public place
A place accessible to the general public, including streets, sidewalks, parks, beaches, and common areas of buildings.
smoking
Inhaling or exhaling smoke from lighted tobacco or marijuana products.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify penalties for breaking the smoking rules.
  • It is unclear how enforcement of these new rules will be carried out.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-13 House

    • Died in Health & Human Services Committee

  2. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  3. 2025-11-18 House

    • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Referred to Commerce Committee • Now in Health & Human Services Committee

  4. 2025-11-06 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Smoking in Public Places; Revises legislative intent; defines "public place"; revises definition of terms "smoking" & "vape" or "vaping"; prohibits smoking in public places in this state, with exceptions; provides applicability; revises requirements for customs smoking rooms to prohibit smoking & vaping of marijuana products at any time.

Current Bill Text

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to smoking in public places; amending 2
s. 386.202, F.S.; revising legislative intent; 3
amending s. 386.203, F.S.; defining the term "public 4
place"; revising the definition of the terms "smoking" 5
and "vape" or "vaping"; amending s. 386.204, F.S.; 6
prohibiting smoking in public places in this state, 7
with exceptions; providing applicability; amending s. 8
386.205, F.S.; revising requirements for customs 9
smoking rooms to prohibit smoking and vaping of 10
marijuana products at any time; amending s. 561.695, 11
F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing an 12
effective date. 13
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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Section 1. Section 386.202, Florida Statutes, is amended 17
to read: 18
386.202 Legislative intent.—The purpose of this part is to 19
protect people from the health hazards of secondhand tobacco and 20
marijuana smoke and vapor and to implement the Florida health 21
initiative in s. 20, Art. X of the State Constitution. It is the 22
intent of the Legislature to not inhibit, or otherwise obstruct, 23
medical or scientific research, or smoking or vaping cessation 24
programs approved by the Department of Health. 25

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

Section 2. Present subsections (9) through (17) of section 26
386.203, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (10) 27
through (18), respectively, a new subsection (9) is added to 28
that section, and present subsections (11) and (13) of that 29
section are amended, to read: 30
386.203 Definitions.—As used in this part: 31
(9) "Public place" means a place to which the public has 32
access, including, but not limited to, streets; sidewalks; 33
highways; public parks; public beaches; and the common areas, 34
both inside and outside, of schools, hospitals, government 35
buildings, apartment buildings, office buildings, lodging 36
establishments, restaurants, transportation facilities, and 37
retail shops. 38
(12)(11) "Smoking" means inhaling, exhaling, burning, 39
carrying, or possessing any lighted tobacco or marijuana 40
product, including cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and any 41
other lighted tobacco or marijuana product. 42
(14)(13) "Vape" or "vaping" means to inhale or exhale 43
vapor produced by a vapor-generating electronic device or to 44
possess a vapor-generating electronic device while that device 45
is actively employing an electronic, a chemical, or a mechanical 46
means designed to produce vapor or aerosol from a nicotine or 47
marijuana product or any other substance. The term does not 48
include the mere possession of a vapor-generating electronic 49
device. 50

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Section 3. Section 386.204, Florida Statutes, is amended 51
to read: 52
386.204 Prohibition.—A person may not smoke or vape in an 53
enclosed indoor workplace or a public place, except as otherwise 54
provided in s. 386.2045. This prohibition does not apply to the 55
smoking of unfiltered cigars. 56
Section 4. Subsection (6) is added to section 386.205, 57
Florida Statutes, to read: 58
386.205 Customs smoking rooms.—A customs smoking room may 59
be designated by the person in charge of an airport in-transit 60
lounge under the authority and control of the Bureau of Customs 61
and Border Protection of the United States Department of 62
Homeland Security. A customs smoking room may be designated only 63
in an airport in-transit lounge under the authority and control 64
of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the United 65
States Department of Homeland Security. A customs smoking room 66
may not be designated in an elevator, restroom, or any common 67
area as defined by s. 386.203. Each customs smoking room must 68
conform to the following requirements: 69
(6) Smoking or vaping of marijuana products is prohibited 70
in the room at any time. 71
Section 5. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section 72
561.695, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 73
561.695 Stand-alone bar enforcement; qualification; 74
penalties.— 75

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

(5) After the initial designation, to continue to qualify 76
as a stand-alone bar, the licensee must provide to the division 77
annually, on or before the licensee's annual renewal date, an 78
affidavit that certifies, with respect to the preceding 12-month 79
period, the following: 80
(a) No more than 10 percent of the gross revenue of the 81
business is from the sale of food consumed on the licensed 82
premises as specified defined in s. 386.203(13) s. 386.203(12). 83
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The division shall establish by rule the format of the affidavit 85
required by this subsection. A licensed vendor shall not 86
knowingly make a false statement on the affidavit required by 87
this subsection. In addition to the penalties provided in 88
subsection (7), a licensed vendor who knowingly makes a false 89
statement on the affidavit required by this subsection may be 90
subject to suspension or revocation of the vendor's alcoholic 91
beverage license under s. 561.29. 92
Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 93