---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substances"
description: "Controlled Substances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 21"
citation: "Florida HB 21 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["drones", "substance abuse", "appropriations", "drugs", "pahokee", "city of", "pharmacies and pharmacists", "emergency medical services", "sentencing", "tarpon springs", "city of"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-13"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-10-13"
last_action: "2018-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07a8fdc8-2b6c-4585-85e4-be8715507921"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00021/ByCategory"
source_hash: "433bc4044a8ae18de27656668110fb2e58ec95d14b360bd0b39ec37535322b3b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 21 (2018) — Controlled Substances

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-13.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 21 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/21/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 21 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/21/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 21 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/21/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 21 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/21/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 21 e2** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/21/BillText/e2/PDF)
6. **H 21 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/21/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Quality Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Returning Messages — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-10-13** Filed `filing`
- **2017-10-26** Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 01/10/18, 4:00 pm, Mashburn Hall
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** CS by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-11** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-11** CS by Health Quality Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2018-01-16** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2018-01-18** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 01/22/18, 3:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2018-01-22** Favorable by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-22** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2018-02-19** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/21/18, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-02-21** CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-22** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
- **2018-02-22** CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 662, 663
- **2018-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Amendment(s) adopted (091281, 771849)
- **2018-02-28** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 3rd time -HJ 747, 748 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-01** In Messages
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Received
- **2018-03-07** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Appropriations; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-07** Substituted for CS/SB 8
- **2018-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** Amendment(s) adopted (397172) -SJ 800, 837
- **2018-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Amendment(s) reconsidered, adopted as amended (872398) -SJ 889, 890
- **2018-03-08** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-08** In returning messages
- **2018-03-09** Amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) adopted (165513, 829389, 985559) -HJ 1138,1179
- **2018-03-09** Concurred in Senate amendment(s) as amended (872398)
- **2018-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 99 NAYS 0 -HJ 1179, 1180 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** In returning messages
- **2018-03-09** Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (165513, 829389, 985559)
- **2018-03-09** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2018-03-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-19** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-20** Chapter No. 2018-13

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07a8fdc8-2b6c-4585-85e4-be8715507921`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).