Florida · Senate Bill 196 · 2025 Regular Session

Chemicals in Consumer Products

SB 196 Sponsored by Joe Gruters Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 13, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 24, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

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

Revising the definition of the term “drug”; defining the term “vaccine or vaccine material”; requiring that, beginning on a specified date, cosmetics manufactured, sold, offered or distributed for sale, or distributed for use in this state provide notice of specified added ingredients on a website that is created and maintained by the cosmetics manufacturer and made available to the public regarding such added ingredients; deeming a food misbranded if it contains a vaccine or vaccine material, but its label does not include specified information, etc.

Every action

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

Show the 18 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules · Senate Regulated Industries
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/19/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Regulated Industries
  5. CommitteeCS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Regulated Industries8–0 vote
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  8. CommitteeCS by Regulated Industries read 1st time · Senate Regulated Industries
  9. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 04/10/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  10. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government11–0 vote
  11. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  12. CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
  13. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time · Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  14. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Rules
  15. SenateCS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
  16. SenatePending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  17. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  18. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
  1. SenateCS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
  2. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 501
  3. SenateAmendment(s) adopted (966710) -SJ 502
  4. SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 502
  5. SenateCS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 50238–0 vote
  6. HouseIn Messages
  7. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. HouseDied in Messages

Roll calls

3 recorded votes: 1 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 502 · Full Senate

38–0
Apr 23, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 38 No 0
Democrats: 10 yes, 0 no Independents: 1 yes, 0 no Republicans: 27 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 38

Committee and other votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 19, 2025 Senate committee CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 Passed 8–0
Apr 10, 2025 Senate committee CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 Passed 11–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican.

  • Joe GrutersR Primary sponsor · District 22
  • R Rules Sponsoring committee
  • AC Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Sponsoring committee
  • RI Regulated Industries Sponsoring committee
All 1 cosponsor

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.