Title: Controlled Substance Testing

Summary: Revising the definition of the term "drug paraphernalia" to exclude certain narcotic-drug-testing products used for a specified purpose, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to controlled substance testing; amending s. 893.145, F.S.; revising the definition of the term  drug paraphernalia  to exclude certain narcotic-drug-testing products used for a specified purpose; providing applicability; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 893.145, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 893.145 Drug paraphernalia  defined. The term  drug paraphernalia  means all equipment, products, and materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, transporting, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance in violation of this chapter or s. 877.111. Drug paraphernalia is deemed to be contraband which shall be subject to civil forfeiture. The term includes, but is not limited to: (4) Testing equipment used, intended for use, or designed for use in identifying, or in analyzing the strength, effectiveness, or purity of, controlled substances,excluding narcotic-drug-testing products that are used solely to determine whether a controlled substance contains fentanyl as described in s. 893.03(2)(b)9. or any other controlled substance specified in s. 893.135(1)(c)4.a. This exclusion does not apply to a narcotic-drug-testing product that can measure or determine the quantity, weight, or potency of a controlled substance.Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.