Florida · House Bill 83 · 2025 Regular Session

Protections for Public Employees who use Medical Marijuana as Qualified Patients

  1. Introduced Jan 3, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 15, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Prohibits public employer from taking adverse personnel action against employee or job applicant for his or her use of medical marijuana if employee or job applicant is qualified patient; provides exceptions; requires public employer to provide written notice of employee's or job applicant's right to explain or contest positive marijuana test result within specified timeframe; provides procedures that apply when employee or job applicant tests positive for marijuana; provides cause of action & damages.

Every action

9 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee
  3. CommitteeReferred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee · House Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
  4. CommitteeReferred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee · House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
  5. CommitteeReferred to State Affairs Committee · House State Affairs Committee
  6. CommitteeNow in Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee
  7. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  8. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  9. CommitteeDied in Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.