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type: "Bill"
title: "Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances Resulting in Death"
description: "Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances Resulting in Death; Defining the terms “dangerous fentanyl or fentanyl analogs” and “distribute”; creating an offense of murder in the third degree, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 612"
citation: "Florida SB 612 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-69"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c91e47a5-f073-44c4-a2dd-e1d61f041b3a"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/612/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9204b37b7d6c75c8d1f50f19335695efbe1306a4a4363057c88fdf30f7a14dce"
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 612 (2025) — Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances Resulting in Death
Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances Resulting in Death; Defining the terms “dangerous fentanyl or fentanyl analogs” and “distribute”; creating an offense of murder in the third degree, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-69.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 612 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/612/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 612 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/612/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 612 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/612/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 612 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/612/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable — **144** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **81** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **315** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **90** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1131** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Burgess — primary (person)
- Criminal Justice — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-20** Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2025-03-25** CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2025-03-26** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2025-03-26** Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- **2025-03-27** CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- **2025-04-10** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2025-04-15** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2025-04-17** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-04-22** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 14 NAYS 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Amendment(s) adopted (319966)
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** CS passed as amended; YEAS 31 NAYS 5 `passage`
- **2025-04-24** In Messages
- **2025-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
- **2025-04-28** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-23** Chapter No. 2025-69
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c91e47a5-f073-44c4-a2dd-e1d61f041b3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).