Florida · Senate Bill 438 · 2025 Regular Session

Food and Hemp Products

SB 438 Sponsored by Colleen Burton Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 28, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 7, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Oct 1, 2025

What it does

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

Providing that a marijuana testing laboratory may acquire hemp and hemp extract only from certain businesses; revising requirements for the sale and distribution of hemp extract; prohibiting businesses or food establishments from possessing hemp or hemp extract products that are attractive to children; prohibiting a business permitted to sell hemp or hemp extract from being located in certain areas; providing a penalty for hemp extract possessed, manufactured, delivered, held, offered for sale, distributed, or sold by certain entities in violation of specified provisions, etc.

Every action

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

Show the 16 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Agriculture; Fiscal Policy · Senate Agriculture
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 03/17/25, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building · Senate Agriculture
  5. CommitteeCS by Agriculture; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 · Senate Agriculture6–0 vote
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeCS by Agriculture read 1st time · Senate Agriculture
  8. CommitteeNow in Fiscal Policy · Senate Fiscal Policy
  9. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/27/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Fiscal Policy
  10. CommitteeFavorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 · Senate Fiscal Policy18–0 vote
  11. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  12. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
  13. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 380
  14. SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 381
  15. SenateCS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 38137–0 vote
  16. SenateImmediately certified -SJ 392
  1. HouseIn Messages
  2. HouseBill referred to House Calendar
  3. HouseBill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2025)
  4. House1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  5. HouseTemporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
  6. HouseAdded to Second Reading Calendar
  7. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. HouseDied on Second Reading Calendar

Roll calls

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

CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 381 · Full Senate

37–0
Apr 9, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 37 No 0 Not voting 1
Democrats: 10 yes, 0 no Independents: 1 yes, 0 no Republicans: 26 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 37

Not voting · 1

Committee and other votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 17, 2025 Senate committee CS by Agriculture; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 Passed 6–0
Mar 27, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 Passed 18–0

Sponsors

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

  • Colleen BurtonR Primary sponsor · District 12
  • A Agriculture 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.