---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Drug and Cosmetic Act"
description: "Florida Drug and Cosmetic Act; Preempting the regulation of over-the-counter proprietary drugs or cosmetics to the state, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 172"
citation: "Florida SB 172 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-118"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-08-22"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4c56581-93dc-44ee-ab88-0caf37c3fc04"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/172/ByCategory"
source_hash: "db0993f3f8781a6ddd9210982179fa8c580687184a3b893b9881db036e750279"
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 SB 172 (2020) — Florida Drug and Cosmetic Act

Florida Drug and Cosmetic Act; Preempting the regulation of over-the-counter proprietary drugs or cosmetics to the state, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-118.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 172 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/172/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 172 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/172/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **68–47** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **25–14** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **12–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-09-19** Referred to Community Affairs; Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-07** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 10/14/19, 4:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2019-10-14** Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 3 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-10-15** Now in Innovation, Industry, and Technology
- **2019-10-28** On Committee agenda-- Innovation, Industry, and Technology, 11/04/19, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2019-11-04** Favorable by Innovation, Industry, and Technology; YEAS 8 NAYS 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-11-04** Now in Rules
- **2020-01-10** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/15/20, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-15** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 12 NAYS 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-15** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-01-16** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/22/20
- **2020-01-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** Passed; YEAS 25 NAYS 14 `passage`
- **2020-02-04** In Messages
- **2020-03-06** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-06** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/20
- **2020-03-06** Received
- **2020-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-09** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** Passed; YEAS 68 NAYS 47 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Chapter No. 2020-118

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4c56581-93dc-44ee-ab88-0caf37c3fc04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).