republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2018/hb-21.md

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Bill	Controlled Substances	Controlled Substances	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2018	HB 21	Florida HB 21 (2018)	bill	drones substance abuse appropriations drugs pahokee city of pharmacies and pharmacists emergency medical services sentencing tarpon springs city of	enacted	2018-13	Boyd	6	45	7	2017-10-13	2018-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/07a8fdc8-2b6c-4585-85e4-be8715507921	http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00021/ByCategory	433bc4044a8ae18de27656668110fb2e58ec95d14b360bd0b39ec37535322b3b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 21 (2018) — Controlled Substances

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-13.

Version chain

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

1. H 21 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 21 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 21 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. H 21 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. H 21 e2 (engrossed) — source
6. H 21 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Quality Subcommittee) — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage, Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Returning Messages — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Boyd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-10-13 Filed filing
• 2017-10-26 Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2018-01-08 On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 01/10/18, 4:00 pm, Mashburn Hall
• 2018-01-09 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-11 CS by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
• 2018-01-11 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2018-01-11 CS by Health Quality Subcommittee read 1st time
• 2018-01-16 Now in Appropriations Committee
• 2018-01-18 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 01/22/18, 3:00 pm, Webster Hall
• 2018-01-22 Favorable by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-01-22 Now in Health and Human Services Committee
• 2018-02-19 On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/21/18, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
• 2018-02-21 CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
• 2018-02-22 Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• 2018-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-22 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
• 2018-02-22 CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 662, 663
• 2018-02-28 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-28 Amendment(s) adopted (091281, 771849)
• 2018-02-28 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-01 Read 3rd time -HJ 747, 748 reading-3
• 2018-03-01 CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 passage
• 2018-03-01 In Messages
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations; Rules referral-committee
• 2018-03-01 Received
• 2018-03-07 Withdrawn from Health Policy; Appropriations; Rules withdrawal
• 2018-03-07 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2018-03-07 Substituted for CS/SB 8
• 2018-03-07 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-07 Amendment(s) adopted (397172) -SJ 800, 837
• 2018-03-07 Placed on 3rd reading
• 2018-03-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-08 Amendment(s) reconsidered, adopted as amended (872398) -SJ 889, 890
• 2018-03-08 CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 passage
• 2018-03-08 In returning messages
• 2018-03-09 Amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) adopted (165513, 829389, 985559) -HJ 1138,1179
• 2018-03-09 Concurred in Senate amendment(s) as amended (872398)
• 2018-03-09 CS passed as amended; YEAS 99 NAYS 0 -HJ 1179, 1180 passage
• 2018-03-09 In returning messages
• 2018-03-09 Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (165513, 829389, 985559)
• 2018-03-09 CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 passage
• 2018-03-09 Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
• 2018-03-14 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2018-03-19 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-03-20 Chapter No. 2018-13

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07a8fdc8-2b6c-4585-85e4-be8715507921. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).