---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substances"
description: "Controlled Substances; Adding nitazene derivatives to the list of Schedule I controlled substances, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 736"
citation: "Florida SB 736 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-221"
primary_sponsors: ["Brodeur"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fb838ef-e371-470b-b8f9-5446ffad8a7f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/736/ByCategory"
source_hash: "524694caa80139ea8750c25c9da457ffcf342723c9c534e426eeeed75e2f46c9"
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 736 (2023) — Controlled Substances

Controlled Substances; Adding nitazene derivatives to the list of Schedule I controlled substances, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-221.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 736 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/736/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 736 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/736/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brodeur — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Criminal Justice; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/13/23, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-03-13** Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2023-03-20** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/23/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-03-23** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** 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** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-31** 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 (Original Filed Version) `filing, 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** Passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-221

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fb838ef-e371-470b-b8f9-5446ffad8a7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).