{
 "name": "Florida psilocybin and psychedelic bills, 2019 to 2026",
 "description": "Every Florida Legislature bill since 2019 that would have changed the law on psilocybin or funded psychedelic research, with sponsors, committee referrals, last action and fate.",
 "publisher": "Magic Mushrooms Miami",
 "url": "https://magicmushroomsmiami.com/florida-psilocybin-bills",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0",
 "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "updated": "2026-11-02",
 "record_count": 6,
 "source_note": "Bill records come from the Florida Senate and Florida House bill pages and their staff analyses. Status is as listed on the date checked.",
 "records": [
  {
   "session": "2021",
   "number": "HB 549",
   "chamber": "House",
   "title": "Use of Psilocybin for Mental Health Treatment",
   "sponsors": "Rep. Michael Grieco (D); co-introducer Rep. Nicholas X. Duran (D)",
   "filed": "January 28, 2021",
   "summary": "Would have created a Department of Health program licensing psilocybin manufacturers, service centers, facilitators and testing labs to serve adults 21 and older, without requiring any diagnosis, plus a Psilocybin Advisory Board, with license applications opening by February 1, 2023. It also told the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to make investigating and arresting people 18 and older for noncommercial activity involving \"entheogenic plants and fungi\" \"one of its lowest enforcement priorities,\" and reserved psilocybin regulation to the state.",
   "committees": "House Professions & Public Health Subcommittee; Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health & Human Services Committee",
   "last_action": "Died in Professions & Public Health Subcommittee, April 30, 2021",
   "fate": "died",
   "fate_label": "Died in committee",
   "url": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/549",
   "analysis_url": ""
  },
  {
   "session": "2022",
   "number": "HB 193",
   "chamber": "House",
   "title": "Using Alternative Therapies to Treat Mental Health and Other Medical Conditions",
   "sponsors": "Rep. Michael Grieco (D)",
   "filed": "September 24, 2021",
   "summary": "Would have required the Department of Health, with the Board of Medicine, to study \"alternative therapies, including the use of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), psilocybin, and ketamine\" for depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, chronic pain and migraines, compare them with current treatments, and report by September 1, 2023. It carried no appropriation and authorized no use of the drugs. Senate companion: SB 348.",
   "committees": "House Professions & Public Health Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health & Human Services Committee",
   "last_action": "Died in Professions & Public Health Subcommittee, March 14, 2022 (indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration March 12, 2022)",
   "fate": "died",
   "fate_label": "Died in committee",
   "url": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/193",
   "analysis_url": ""
  },
  {
   "session": "2022",
   "number": "SB 348",
   "chamber": "Senate",
   "title": "Using Alternative Therapies to Treat Mental Health and Other Medical Conditions",
   "sponsors": "Sen. Lauren Book (D)",
   "filed": "September 24, 2021",
   "summary": "Senate companion of HB 193: a similar Department of Health and Board of Medicine study of \"alternative therapies,\" including MDMA, psilocybin and ketamine, for the same six conditions, with a report due September 1, 2023. It carried no appropriation.",
   "committees": "Senate Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations",
   "last_action": "Died in Health Policy, March 14, 2022 (indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration March 12, 2022)",
   "fate": "died",
   "fate_label": "Died in committee",
   "url": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/348",
   "analysis_url": ""
  },
  {
   "session": "2024",
   "number": "SB 2500",
   "chamber": "Senate",
   "title": "Appropriations (Senate budget bill, fiscal year 2024-25)",
   "sponsors": "Senate Appropriations Committee (committee bill); the psilocybin line was cut by an amendment from Sen. Danny Burgess (R)",
   "filed": "February 1, 2024",
   "summary": "As proposed, the Senate budget gave the University of South Florida Medical Center $1,000,000 for a \"Psilocybin study in Veterans with PTSD (SF 2851).\" Appropriations Committee amendment 995007 cut it to $650,000, the amount in the engrossed Senate bill. The Senate then substituted the House budget, HB 5001, which became law (chapter 2024-231) with no psilocybin line.",
   "committees": "Senate Appropriations",
   "last_action": "Laid on table after the Senate substituted HB 5001, February 8, 2024",
   "fate": "other",
   "fate_label": "Psilocybin line dropped",
   "url": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/2500",
   "analysis_url": ""
  },
  {
   "session": "2025",
   "number": "CS/CS/CS/SB 700",
   "chamber": "Senate",
   "title": "Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services",
   "sponsors": "Sen. Keith Truenow (R); committee substitutes by Agriculture, Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, and Fiscal Policy",
   "filed": "February 13, 2025",
   "summary": "An omnibus agriculture bill. Section 51 created s. 500.75, Florida Statutes: \"It is unlawful to transport or offer to transport, import into this state, sell or offer for sale, furnish, or give away spores or mycelium capable of producing mushrooms or other material which will contain a controlled substance, including psilocybin or psilocyn, during its life cycle.\" A violation is a first-degree misdemeanor. Possession is not among the listed acts. The bill passed the Senate 27-9 on April 16, 2025 and the House 88-27 on April 29, 2025.",
   "committees": "Senate Agriculture; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy",
   "last_action": "Approved by Governor May 15, 2025; Chapter 2025-22 (number assigned May 20, 2025); effective July 1, 2025",
   "fate": "law",
   "fate_label": "Became law (ch. 2025-22)",
   "url": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/700",
   "analysis_url": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/700/Analyses/2025s00700.fp.PDF"
  },
  {
   "session": "2025",
   "number": "CS/CS/CS/HB 651",
   "chamber": "House",
   "title": "Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services",
   "sponsors": "Rep. Kaylee Tuck (R) and Rep. Danny Alvarez (R); co-introducers Reps. Barnaby, Black and Brackett",
   "filed": "February 14, 2025",
   "summary": "House companion to SB 700, with the same spore and mycelium section. Its Commerce Committee staff analysis said spores \"do not contain any psilocybin properties themselves and therefore could be considered legal under current law.\"",
   "committees": "House Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee; Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Agriculture & Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee; Commerce Committee",
   "last_action": "Laid on table after SB 700 passed, April 29, 2025",
   "fate": "other",
   "fate_label": "Laid on table; SB 700 passed",
   "url": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/651",
   "analysis_url": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/651/Analyses/h0651g.COM.PDF"
  }
 ]
}