Florida Senate - 2025 SB 146 By Senator Polsky 30-00552-25 2025146__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to protection of parental rights; 3 amending s. 39.806, F.S.; prohibiting a court from 4 denying or restricting certain parental rights based 5 solely on a parents status as a qualified patient for 6 purposes of medical marijuana use; prohibiting the 7 presumption of neglect or child endangerment based 8 solely on a parents status as a qualified patient for 9 purposes of medical marijuana use; providing 10 construction; providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1.Present subsections (2), (3), and (4) of section 15 39.806, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (3), 16 (4), and (5), respectively, and a new subsection (2) is added to 17 that section, to read: 18 39.806Grounds for termination of parental rights. 19 (2)A court may not deny or otherwise restrict a parents 20 custody of a minor child or the parents visitation rights or 21 parenting time with a minor child based solely on the parents 22 status as a qualified patient pursuant to s. 381.986. There is 23 no presumption of neglect or child endangerment based solely on 24 the persons status as a qualified patient pursuant to s. 25 381.986. In determining the best interests of the child with 26 respect to custody or dependency, the provisions of this section 27 apply. 28 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.