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.
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   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   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.