Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 640
       
       
        
       By Senator Martin
       
       
       
       
       
       33-00891-25                                            2025640__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to retail sale of ephedrine and
    3         related compounds; amending s. 893.1495, F.S.;
    4         defining the terms “administrator of the electronic
    5         recordkeeping system” and “covered entity”; revising
    6         applicability; providing criminal penalties; providing
    7         a contingent effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (1), paragraph (a) of subsection
   12  (10), and subsection (11) of section 893.1495, Florida Statutes,
   13  are amended, to read:
   14         893.1495 Retail sale of ephedrine and related compounds.—
   15         (1) As used in For purposes of this section, the term:
   16         (a) “Administrator of the electronic recordkeeping system”
   17  means the entity responsible for developing, implementing, and
   18  maintaining the electronic recordkeeping system approved by the
   19  Department of Law Enforcement under paragraph (5)(b).
   20         (b) “Covered entity” means a manufacturer of ephedrine or
   21  related compounds sold within or into this state.
   22         (c) “Ephedrine or related compounds” means ephedrine,
   23  pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or any of their salts,
   24  optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers.
   25         (10) This section does not apply to:
   26         (a) Licensed manufacturers manufacturing and lawfully
   27  distributing products in the channels of commerce, except that
   28  manufacturers that qualify as covered entities are subject to
   29  the requirements in paragraph (5)(d).
   30         (11) A person Any individual who violates subsection (2),
   31  subsection (3), or subsection (4), or paragraph (5)(d) commits:
   32         (a) For a first offense, a misdemeanor of the second
   33  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083.
   34         (b) For a second offense, a misdemeanor of the first
   35  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
   36         (c) For a third or subsequent offense, a felony of the
   37  third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083,
   38  or s. 775.084.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025, but
   40  only if SB 642 or similar legislation is adopted in the same
   41  legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law.