Florida SB 432: Intoxicating Substances

Bill Text

432 
Intoxicating Substances 
2026-03-18T08:49:35Z 
Creating “Meg’s Law”; prohibiting tobacco or nicotine dealers, or their agents or employees, from possessing, selling, possessing with intent to sell, delivering, or giving, directly or indirectly, nitrous oxide on or from the dealer’s licensed premises; excepting from the list of Schedule I controlled substances certain xylazine animal drug products approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and used for certain purposes; creating the offense of trafficking in xylazine, etc. 
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 2 An act relating to intoxicating substances; providing 
 3 a short title; creating s. 569.216, F.S.; prohibiting 
 4 tobacco or nicotine dealers, or their agents or 
 5 employees, from possessing, selling, possessing with 
 6 intent to sell, delivering, or giving, directly or 
 7 indirectly, nitrous oxide on or from the dealer’s 
 8 licensed premises; providing criminal penalties; 
 9 providing applicability; providing construction; 
 10 requiring the Department of Business and Professional 
 11 Regulation to adopt rules; amending s. 893.03, F.S.; 
 12 excepting from the list of Schedule I controlled 
 13 substances certain xylazine animal drug products 
 14 approved by the United States Food and Drug 
 15 Administration and used for certain purposes; amending 
 16 s. 893.13, F.S.; providing criminal penalties and 
 17 requiring a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment if 
 18 a person sells, manufactures, or delivers or possesses 
 19 with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver xylazine; 
 20 amending s. 893.135, F.S.; creating the offense of 
 21 trafficking in xylazine; providing criminal penalties 
 22 and requiring a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment 
 23 and fines based on the quantity of the controlled 
 24 substance involved in the offense; providing effective 
 25 dates. 
 26 
 27 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 28 
 29 Section 1. Section 2 of this act may be cited as “Meg’s 
 30 Law.” 
 31 Section 2. Section 569.216, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 32 read: 
 33 569.216 Prohibition on possessing, selling, delivering, or 
 34 giving nitrous oxide; penalties; exceptions.— 
 35 (1) It is unlawful for any dealer who is licensed or 
 36 permitted under this chapter, or a dealer’s agent or employee, 
 37 to possess, sell, possess with intent to sell, deliver, or give, 
 38 directly or indirectly, nitrous oxide on or from the dealer’s 
 39 licensed premises. A dealer or a dealer’s agent or employee who 
 40 violates this subsection commits a felony of the third degree, 
 41 punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 
 42 (2) This section does not apply to a grocery store or 
 43 supermarket, as licensed or permitted by the Department of 
 44 Agriculture and Consumer Services, but does apply to a 
 45 convenience business, as defined by s. 812.171. 
 46 (3) This section does not prohibit the possession, sale, 
 47 delivery, or giving of a finished food product in which nitrous 
 48 oxide is used solely as a propellant. 
 49 (4) The Department of Business and Professional Regulation 
 50 shall adopt rules regarding the possession, sale, delivery, or 
 51 giving of nitrous oxide to prevent the use of nitrous oxide for 
 52 inducing a condition of intoxication. Such rules may address 
 53 products containing nitrous oxide and finished food products in 
 54 which nitrous oxide is used solely as a propellant. 
 55 Section 3. Effective July 1, 2026, paragraph (c) of 
 56 subsection (1) of section 893.03, Florida Statutes, is amended 
 57 to read: 
 58 893.03 Standards and schedules.—The substances enumerated 
 59 in this section are controlled by this chapter. The controlled 
 60 substances listed or to be listed in Schedules I, II, III, IV, 
 61 and V are included by whatever official, common, usual, 
 62 chemical, trade name, or class designated. The provisions of 
 63 this section shall not be construed to include within any of the 
 64 schedules contained in this section any excluded drugs listed 
 65 within the purview of 21 C.F.R. s. 1308.22, styled “Excluded 
 66 Substances”; 21 C.F.R. s. 1308.24, styled “Exempt Chemical 
 67 Preparations”; 21 C.F.R. s. 1308.32, styled “Exempted 
 68 Prescription Products”; or 21 C.F.R. s. 1308.34, styled “Exempt 
 69 Anabolic Steroid Products.” 
 70 (1) SCHEDULE I.—A substance in Schedule I has a high 
 71 potential for abuse and has no currently accepted medical use in 
 72 treatment in the United States and in its use under medical 
 73 supervision does not meet accepted safety standards. The 
 74 following substances are controlled in Schedule I: 
 75 (c) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in 
 76 another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or 
 77 preparation that contains any quantity of the following 
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