---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act"
description: "Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act; Prohibits sale, delivery, bartering, furnishing, or giving of any kratom product to person under 21 years of age; provides criminal penalties; requires DACS to adopt rules."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 179"
citation: "Florida HB 179 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-182"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrade"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 53
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/238b2023-75c0-404a-9928-333add3c664c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/179/ByCategory"
source_hash: "03647d6044860b3130757ed43537e96c9bd71e2be6afd853dacb32e3f62906a4"
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 179 (2023) — Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act

Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act; Prohibits sale, delivery, bartering, furnishing, or giving of any kratom product to person under 21 years of age; provides criminal penalties; requires DACS to adopt rules.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-182.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 179 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/179/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 179 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/179/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 179 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/179/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 179 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/179/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Returning Messages — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrade — primary (person)
- Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Barnaby — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-02-16** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-02-23** Favorable with CS by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
- **2023-02-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-02-24** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Original reference removed: Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2023-03-06** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2023-03-08** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** Amendment 475649 temporarily postponed
- **2023-04-20** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2023-04-20** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Amendment 244583 adopted
- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-27** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-27** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 136
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Amendment(s) adopted (730292)
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** In Messages
- **2023-05-03** Added to Senate Message List
- **2023-05-03** Amendment 730292 Refuse to Concur
- **2023-05-03** Refused to concur, requested Senate to recede
- **2023-05-03** In returning messages
- **2023-05-04** Receded from 1 amendment(s) (730292)
- **2023-05-04** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** Chapter No. 2023-182

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/238b2023-75c0-404a-9928-333add3c664c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).