---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Use of Marijuana"
description: "Medical Use of Marijuana ; Requiring qualified physicians to perform in-person physical patient examinations before issuing initial physician certifications for the medical use of marijuana; authorizing such qualified physicians to perform patient examinations and evaluations through telehealth for renewals of physician certifications for the medical use of marijuana under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department of Health to suspend the registration of a qualified physician in the medical marijuana use registry for a specified timeframe under certain circumstances, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 387"
citation: "Florida HB 387 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-292"
primary_sponsors: ["Roach"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6d3cd65-ff63-41e6-9593-5a86409c4744"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/387/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0a96b0b8f9f7a6b105c361abe8de7b0cc87f09ddcc5b5a022559303349ef74c5"
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 387 (2023) — Medical Use of Marijuana

Medical Use of Marijuana ; Requiring qualified physicians to perform in-person physical patient examinations before issuing initial physician certifications for the medical use of marijuana; authorizing such qualified physicians to perform patient examinations and evaluations through telehealth for renewals of physician certifications for the medical use of marijuana under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department of Health to suspend the registration of a qualified physician in the medical marijuana use registry for a specified timeframe under certain circumstances, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-292.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 387 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/387/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 387 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/387/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 387 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/387/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 387 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/387/BillText/e1/PDF)
5. **H 387 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/387/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–5** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **105–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
- Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Roach — primary (person)
- Andrade — cosponsor (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Chambliss — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Hinson — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, F. — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
- Waldron — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Now in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** Added to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Favorable with CS by Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Reported out of Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
- **2023-03-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-10** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-03-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2023-03-17** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2023-03-17** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-17** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-17** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-03-20** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 5 `passage`
- **2023-04-27** In Messages
- **2023-04-27** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/03/23
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Amendment(s) adopted (261896)
- **2023-05-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Added to Senate Message List
- **2023-05-04** Amendment 261896 Concur
- **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 105, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-27** Chapter No. 2023-292

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6d3cd65-ff63-41e6-9593-5a86409c4744`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).