---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hemp"
description: "Hemp; Providing that hemp extract is considered a food subject to certain requirements; revising the requirements that hemp extract must meet before being distributed and sold in this state; providing that hemp extract may only be sold to businesses in this state which meet certain permitting requirements; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt specified rules, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1676"
citation: "Florida SB 1676 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["concurrent)", "industry"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-299"
primary_sponsors: ["Agriculture", "Burton", "Fiscal Policy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1dbed88-6927-43d3-ba15-0d8ae20d9175"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1676/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0e9846e089efc473956547150e176a778e1608ffb0108cd75b3188379f649954"
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 1676 (2023) — Hemp

Hemp; Providing that hemp extract is considered a food subject to certain requirements; revising the requirements that hemp extract must meet before being distributed and sold in this state; providing that hemp extract may only be sold to businesses in this state which meet certain permitting requirements; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt specified rules, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-299.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1676 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1676/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1676 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1676/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1676 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1676/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1676 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1676/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Agriculture — primary (person)
- Burton — primary (person)
- Fiscal Policy — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Agriculture; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 03/20/23, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2023-03-20** CS by Agriculture; YEAS 6 NAYS 2
- **2023-03-21** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-22** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2023-03-22** CS by Agriculture read 1st time
- **2023-04-17** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/20/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-20** CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
- **2023-04-24** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-04-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/23
- **2023-04-25** CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
- **2023-04-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 119, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** 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. 2023-299

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1dbed88-6927-43d3-ba15-0d8ae20d9175`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).