Florida SB 974: Motor Vehicles

Bill Text

974 
Medical Marijuana Use Registry Identification Cards for Veterans 
2025-12-19T03:42:14Z 
Requiring the Department of Health to charge a reduced fee for the issuance, replacement, or renewal of medical marijuana use registry identification cards for qualified patients who are honorably discharged veterans; providing requirements for proof of identification, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 974 

 By Senator Truenow 

 13-01356-26 2026974__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to medical marijuana use registry 
 3 identification cards for veterans; amending s. 
 4 381.986, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to 
 5 charge a reduced fee for the issuance, replacement, or 
 6 renewal of medical marijuana use registry 
 7 identification cards for qualified patients who are 
 8 honorably discharged veterans; providing requirements 
 9 for proof of identification; providing an effective 
 10 date. 
 11 
 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 13 
 14 Section 1. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (7) of 
 15 section 381.986, Florida Statutes, to read: 
 16 381.986 Medical use of marijuana.— 
 17 (7) IDENTIFICATION CARDS.— 
 18 (f) The department shall charge a reduced fee of $15 for 
 19 the issuance, replacement, or renewal of an identification card 
 20 for a qualified patient who is a veteran, as defined in s. 
 21 1.01(14), if the application includes a copy of any of the 
 22 following as proof of veteran status: 
 23 1. A DD-214 form; 
 24 2. A Department of Veterans Affairs identification card or 
 25 a Uniformed Services identification card indicating retired 
 26 status; or 
 27 3. A Florida driver license bearing the veteran 
 28 designation. 
 29 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.