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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 83: Protections for Public Employees who use Medical Marijuana as Qualified Patients

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 83 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on January 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Protections for Public Employees who use Medical Marijuana as Qualified Patients. Primary sponsor: Mitch Rosenwald (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Government Operations Subcommittee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Protections for Public Employees who use Medical Marijuana as Qualified Patients; Prohibits public employer from taking adverse personnel action against employee or job applicant for his or her use of medical marijuana if employee or job applicant is qualified patient; provides exceptions; requires public employer to provide written notice of employee's or job applicant's right to explain or contest positive marijuana test result within specified timeframe; provides procedures that apply when employee or job applicant tests positive for marijuana; provides cause of action & damages.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mitch RosenwaldPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse98

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  4. Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
  5. Referred to State Affairs Committee
  6. Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
  7. Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
  8. Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
  9. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source