---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substance Testing"
description: "Controlled Substance Testing; Revising the definition of the term “drug paraphernalia” to exclude certain narcotic-drug-testing products used for a specified purpose, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "Florida SB 164 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-297"
primary_sponsors: ["Polsky", "Rules"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87eeec9f-f6f5-4725-a21a-b83e3c66d94b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/164/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6c352754037250ab37e91080b647e8cef52e675519f0ce62c34ce5cf6721184c"
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 164 (2023) — Controlled Substance Testing

Controlled Substance Testing; Revising the definition of the term “drug paraphernalia” to exclude certain narcotic-drug-testing products used for a specified purpose, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-297.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 164 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/164/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 164 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/164/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 164 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/164/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 164 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/164/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Polsky — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (person)
- Berman — cosponsor (person)
- Book — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/14/23, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-02-14** Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Now in Judiciary
- **2023-03-02** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/07/23, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Now in Rules
- **2023-03-17** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/22/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-22** CS by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-22** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-22** CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2023-03-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-03-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/29/23
- **2023-03-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Amendment(s) adopted (213334)
- **2023-03-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-31** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-05-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
- **2023-05-01** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-29** Chapter No. 2023-297

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87eeec9f-f6f5-4725-a21a-b83e3c66d94b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).