HB0477 • 2026

Drug Paraphernalia

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Salzman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bankson ; Chaney ; Hart-Lowman ; Hunschofsky ; Mooney
Last action: 2026-06-17
Official status: Chapter No. 2026-157
Effective date: 2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The official text specifies the exclusion applies only if products are used 'solely' to determine presence, which is reflected in the limits section.

Drug Paraphernalia Law Change

This law changes the definition of drug paraphernalia to exclude certain test strips that check for fentanyl and other specific dangerous substances.

What This Bill Does

Changes the legal definition of 'drug paraphernalia' in Florida Statutes section 893.145.
Removes some narcotic-drug-testing products from being classified as drug paraphernalia if they only check for specific drugs.
Allows test strips that determine whether a substance contains fentanyl, dangerous fentanyl analogues, or xylazine.
Keeps testing equipment illegal if it measures the weight, quantity, or potency of drugs.

Who It Names or Affects

People who use drug-testing products to check for specific substances like fentanyl.
Law enforcement agencies that enforce laws about drug paraphernalia and civil forfeiture.

Terms To Know

Drug Paraphernalia: Equipment or materials used, intended for use, or designed for use in handling controlled substances. This law changes what counts as this item by adding an exception for certain tests.
Narcotic-Drug-Testing Products: Items like test strips that check if a drug contains specific dangerous substances such as fentanyl or xylazine, provided they do not measure the amount of drugs present.

Limits and Unknowns

The law only protects tests that identify the presence of specific drugs, not those that measure how much or how strong they are.
This change does not apply to testing equipment used for other purposes like packaging or storing controlled substances.

Bill History

2026-06-17 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives
• Chapter No. 2026-157
2026-06-16 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives
• Approved by Governor
2026-06-09 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives
• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2026-03-06 Senate
• Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 672 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Substituted for CS/SB 646 -SJ 672 • Read 2nd time -SJ 672 • Read 3rd time -SJ 672 • CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 -SJ 672
2026-03-06 House
• In Messages • Ordered enrolled
2026-02-26 Senate
• Referred to Rules • Received
2026-02-25 House
• Read 2nd time • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0
2026-02-25 Senate
• In Messages
2026-02-19 House
• Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
2026-02-17 House
• Favorable by Judiciary Committee • Reported out of Judiciary Committee • Bill released to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar
2026-02-13 House
• Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Judiciary Committee • Added to Judiciary Committee agenda • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2026-02-12 House
• Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed
2026-02-10 House
• PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
2026-01-13 House
• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2025-11-24 House
• Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2025-11-19 House
• Filed

Official Summary Text

Drug Paraphernalia; Revises definition of "drug paraphernalia" to exclude certain narcotic-drug-testing products.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored 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

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An act relating to drug paraphernalia; amending s. 2
893.145, F.S.; revising the definition of "drug 3
paraphernalia" to exclude certain narcotic-drug-4
testing products; providing an effective date. 5
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7
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Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 893.145, Florida 9
Statutes, is amended to read: 10
893.145 "Drug paraphernalia" defined.—The term "drug 11
paraphernalia" means all equipment, products, and materials of 12
any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use 13
in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, 14
manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, 15
preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, 16
containing, concealing, transporting, injecting, ingesting, 17
inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a 18
controlled substance in violation of this chapter or s. 877.111. 19
Drug paraphernalia is deemed to be contraband which shall be 20
subject to civil forfeiture. The term includes, but is not 21
limited to: 22
(4) Testing equipment used, intended for use, or designed 23
for use in identifying, or in analyzing the strength, 24
effectiveness, or purity of, controlled substances, excluding 25

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narcotic-drug-testing products that are used solely to determine 26
whether a controlled substance contains fentanyl as described in 27
s. 893.03(2)(b)9., dangerous fentanyl or fentanyl analogues as 28
or any other controlled substance specified in s. 29
893.135(1)(c)4.a., or xylazine as described in s. 30
893.03(1)(c)37. This exclusion does not apply to a narcotic-31
drug-testing product that can measure or determine the quantity, 32
weight, or potency of a controlled substance. 33
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 34