Florida Senate Bill 980

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Citing this act as the "Florida Age-Gate Act"; defining the term "non-FDA-authorized nicotine dispensing device"; requiring an applicant for a retail nicotine products dealer permit to consent to inspections and searches of the licensed premises by the Department of Law Enforcement for specified purposes; providing civil and criminal penalties for retail tobacco products dealers that sell or advertise, promote, or display for sale non-FDA-authorized nicotine dispensing devices; prohibiting certain dealers that sell non-FDA-authorized nicotine dispensing devices from advertising, promoting, or displaying such devices if such dealers do not prohibit persons younger than 21 years of age on the licensed premises, etc.

Nicotine Dispensing Devices

Senate Regulated Industries Committee

Sen. Alexis Calatayud [R]

2026-01-27 - Senate - Senate Regulated Industries (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	Senate	Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
2026-01-29	Senate	CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time
2026-01-29	Senate	Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
2026-01-29	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-01-27	Senate	CS by Regulated Industries; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2026-01-22	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2026-01-07	Senate	Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
2025-12-19	Senate	Filed

H843 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
569	31		Amended Code	See Bill Text
569	33		Amended Code	See Bill Text
569	35		Amended Code	See Bill Text
569	37		Amended Code	See Bill Text
569	39		Amended Code	See Bill Text
569	44		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/980
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/980/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/980/BillText/c1/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/980/Amendment/381784/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/980/Analyses/2026s00980.pre.ri.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/980/Analyses/2026s00980.ri.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/980/Vote/2026-01-27%200100PM~S00980%20Vote%20Record.PDF