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type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Substances"
description: "Controlled Substances; Revises elements of murder offenses; provides criminal penalties for adults who unlawfully distribute specified substances or mixtures & an overdose or serious bodily injury of user results; provides enhanced criminal penalties for repeat offenders provides that specified persons have certain protections from arrest & prosecution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 365"
citation: "Florida HB 365 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["crimes", "criminal procedure and corrections"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-196"
primary_sponsors: ["Plakon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba6dbd7e-64d5-431a-891e-7e786048891b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/365/ByCategory"
source_hash: "2009b8ba77e5a1264ebf9cc9649413ddc2ffaecc1eb1a370346d21e12856507f"
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 365 (2023) — Controlled Substances
Controlled Substances; Revises elements of murder offenses; provides criminal penalties for adults who unlawfully distribute specified substances or mixtures & an overdose or serious bodily injury of user results; provides enhanced criminal penalties for repeat offenders provides that specified persons have certain protections from arrest & prosecution.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-196.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 365 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/365/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 365 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/365/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 365 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/365/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 365 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/365/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — **8528** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Judiciary Committee) — **156** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **316** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **114** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **153** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Plakon — primary (person)
- Amesty — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Jacques — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-23** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-03** PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-07** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-03-09** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-09** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Referred to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-13** Added to Justice Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-15** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Reported out of Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-15** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-07** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2023-04-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-12** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-12** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 85, NAYS 28 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 280
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Amendment(s) failed (172718)
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 31 NAYS 6 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-06** Chapter No. 2023-196
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba6dbd7e-64d5-431a-891e-7e786048891b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).