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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to controlled substance testing; 2
amending s. 893.145, F.S.; revising the definition of 3
the term "drug paraphernalia" to exclude certain 4
narcotic-drug-testing products; providing an effective 5
date. 6
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7
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Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 893.145, Florida 9
Statutes, is amended to read: 10
893.145 "Drug paraphernalia" defined. —The term "drug 11
paraphernalia" means all equipment, products, and materials of 12
any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use 13
in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, 14
manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processi ng, 15
preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, 16
containing, concealing, transporting, injecting, ingesting, 17
inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a 18
controlled substance in violation of this chapter or s. 877.111. 19
Drug paraphernalia is deemed to be contraband which shall be 20
subject to civil forfeiture. The term includes, but is not 21
limited to: 22
(4) Testing equipment used, intended for use, or designed 23
for use in identifying, or in analyzing the strength, 24
effectiveness, or purity of, controlled substances , excluding 25
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narcotic-drug-testing products that are used to determine 26
whether a controlled substance contains fentanyl as described in 27
s. 893.03(2)(b)9. or any other substance described in s. 28
893.135(1)(c)4.a. 29
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 30