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SB0646 • 2026

Drug Paraphernalia

Drug Paraphernalia

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Gaetz
Last action
2026-03-06
Official status
Senate - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 477 -SJ 672
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Drug Paraphernalia

Drug Paraphernalia; Revising the definition of “drug paraphernalia” to exclude certain narcotic-drug-testing products, etc.

What This Bill Does

  • Drug Paraphernalia; Revising the definition of “drug paraphernalia” to exclude certain narcotic-drug-testing products, etc.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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961542

Committee amendment S 646 Filed • Fiscal Policy (Gaetz)

Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/24/2026

Plain English: Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.

  • Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.
  • SB 646 Ì961542!Î961542 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate .
  • House Comm: RCS .
  • 02/24/2026 .

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-06 Senate

    • Read 2nd time -SJ 672 • Substituted CS/HB 477 -SJ 672 • Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 477 -SJ 672

  2. 2026-03-03 Senate

    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26

  3. 2026-02-25 Senate

    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  4. 2026-02-24 Senate

    • CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time

  5. 2026-02-19 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/24/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

  6. 2026-02-04 Senate

    • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 • Now in Fiscal Policy

  7. 2026-01-30 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/04/26, 3:45 pm, 37 Senate Building

  8. 2026-01-27 Senate

    • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

  9. 2026-01-26 Senate

    • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

  10. 2026-01-21 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

  11. 2026-01-13 Senate

    • Introduced

  12. 2025-12-09 Senate

    • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy

  13. 2025-11-21 Senate

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Drug Paraphernalia; Revising the definition of “drug paraphernalia” to exclude certain narcotic-drug-testing products, etc.

Current Bill Text

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Florida Senate
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2026

CS for SB 646

By
the Committee on Fiscal Policy; and Senator Gaetz

594-03159-26 2026646c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to drug paraphernalia; amending s.
3 893.145, F.S.; revising the definition of “drug
4 paraphernalia” to exclude certain narcotic-drug
5 testing products; providing an effective date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
8
9 Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 893.145, Florida
10 Statutes, is amended to read:
11 893.145 “Drug paraphernalia” defined.—The term “drug
12 paraphernalia” means all equipment, products, and materials of
13 any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use
14 in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting,
15 manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing,
16 preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing,
17 containing, concealing, transporting, injecting, ingesting,
18 inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a
19 controlled substance in violation of this chapter or s. 877.111.
20 Drug paraphernalia is deemed to be contraband which shall be
21 subject to civil forfeiture. The term includes, but is not
22 limited to:
23 (4) Testing equipment used, intended for use, or designed
24 for use in identifying, or in analyzing the strength,
25 effectiveness, or purity of, controlled substances, excluding
26 narcotic-drug-testing products that are used solely to determine
27 whether a controlled substance contains fentanyl as described in
28 s. 893.03(2)(b)9.
, dangerous fentanyl or fentanyl analogues as

29
or any other controlled substance
specified in s.
30 893.135(1)(c)4.a.
, or xylazine as described in s.

31
893.03(1)(c)37.
This exclusion does not apply to a narcotic
32 drug-testing product that can measure or determine the quantity,
33 weight, or potency of a controlled substance.
34 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.