Florida SB 776: Availability of Marijuana for Adult Use

Bill Text

776 
Home Cultivation of Marijuana 
2025-12-05T08:46:32Z 
Authorizing certain qualified patients to cultivate up to six flowering cannabis plants for personal consumption and noncommercial purposes; authorizing certain qualified patients to purchase medical marijuana seeds and clones from a licensed medical marijuana treatment center; providing that the personal consumption of cannabis cultivated at a qualified patient’s residence is subject to specified limitations, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 776 

 By Senator Smith 

 17-00172B-26 2026776__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to home cultivation of marijuana; 
 3 amending s. 604.71, F.S.; authorizing certain 
 4 qualified patients to cultivate up to six flowering 
 5 cannabis plants for personal consumption and 
 6 noncommercial purposes; authorizing certain qualified 
 7 patients to purchase medical marijuana seeds and 
 8 clones from a licensed medical marijuana treatment 
 9 center; requiring a qualified patient who cultivates 
 10 cannabis to take specified precautions; providing that 
 11 the personal consumption of cannabis cultivated at a 
 12 qualified patient’s residence is subject to specified 
 13 limitations; providing for penalties; providing an 
 14 effective date. 
 15 
 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 17 
 18 Section 1. Subsections (5) through (8) are added to section 
 19 604.71, Florida Statutes, to read: 
 20 604.71 Local regulation of vegetable gardens.— 
 21 (5) A qualified patient as defined in s. 381.986 who is at 
 22 least 21 years of age may cultivate up to six flowering cannabis 
 23 plants at his or her residence for personal consumption and 
 24 noncommercial purposes. 
 25 (6) A qualified patient as defined in s. 381.986 who is at 
 26 least 21 years of age may purchase medical marijuana seeds and 
 27 clones from a licensed medical marijuana treatment center. 
 28 (7) A qualified patient who cultivates cannabis shall 
 29 ensure that the plants are secured in a manner to prevent access 
 30 by unauthorized persons. The personal consumption of cannabis 
 31 cultivated at a qualified patient’s residence is subject to the 
 32 limitations on medical use or administration of marijuana as 
 33 specified in s. 381.986(1)(k). 
 34 (8) The sale of patient-cultivated cannabis plants and 
 35 products and cultivation of cannabis by patients beyond the 
 36 limits specified in this section is subject to the penalties 
 37 outlined chapter 893. 
 38 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.