---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Marijuana Growers"
description: "Medical Marijuana Growers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 6049"
citation: "Florida HB 6049 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["drugs"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-142"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones", "Newton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-12-07"
last_action: "2018-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/206a53bb-64b2-4cca-ba6a-262aa330e6b0"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/06049/ByCategory"
source_hash: "bf062d155ed2471e9974a4af84b02a5d5ffae11a00c36de3606270bc42333fb3"
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 6049 (2018) — Medical Marijuana Growers

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-142.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 6049 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6049/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 6049 e1** (engrossed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6049/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 6049 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/6049/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Health Quality Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)
- Newton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-07** Filed `filing`
- **2017-12-13** Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; 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** Favorable by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-11** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2018-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 01/18/18, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-18** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
- **2018-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Amendment(s) adopted (615421, 938149)
- **2018-02-28** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** Passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 1 -HJ 767, 768
- **2018-03-01** In Messages
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** 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/CS/CS/SB 1134
- **2018-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time -SJ 890, 892 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 1
- **2018-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-02** Chapter No. 2018-142

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/206a53bb-64b2-4cca-ba6a-262aa330e6b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).