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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drug Paraphernalia"
description: "Drug Paraphernalia; Revises definition of \"drug paraphernalia\" to exclude certain narcotic-drug-testing products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 477"
citation: "Florida HB 477 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-157"
primary_sponsors: ["Salzman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-11-19"
last_action: "2026-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af21fd6a-b6ed-4fc4-bfba-d22463c02518"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/477/ByCategory"
source_hash: "f20d053de30ae14b20bd1a1f462c117fad678e63a71e188ef5cd9368031ce60c"
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 477 (2026) — Drug Paraphernalia
Drug Paraphernalia; Revises definition of "drug paraphernalia" to exclude certain narcotic-drug-testing products.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-157.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 477 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/477/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 477 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/477/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 477 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/477/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **140** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **340** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Criminal Justice Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Salzman — primary (person)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Hart-Lowman — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-11-19** Filed `filing`
- **2025-11-24** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-24** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-24** Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-02-10** PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-02-12** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- **2026-02-12** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-12** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-13** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-13** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2026-02-13** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-17** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2026-02-17** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** In Messages
- **2026-02-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-06** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06** Substituted for CS/SB 646
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-06** In Messages
- **2026-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-17** Chapter No. 2026-157
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af21fd6a-b6ed-4fc4-bfba-d22463c02518`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).