Status: Cannabis is legal for medical use but not for recreational use.
Most Recent/Upcoming Legislation: SB 186 Repealed the ban on smoking medical cannabis – patients have the decision on how to administer medical cannabis to themselves
History of Florida Cannabis Legislation
2014: HB 843 passed, limiting prosecutors’ ability to prosecute those in possession of CBD oil used in treating seizures.
2014: Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act for medical marijuana (first proposed) is rejected, falling 2% short of super majority figure required.
2016: Florida Amendment 2 passed with a vote of 71.3% it legalized medical marijuana for those suffering from specific medical conditions.
Senator Marco Rubio, Republican
Stance: Completely against cannabis legalization.
Phone: (202) 224-3041
Email/Website: www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
Address: 284 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Next Election: 2022
Senator Rick Scott, Republican
Stance: Only allow states to legalize medical cannabis.
Phone: (202) 224-5274
Email/Website: www.rickscott.senate.gov/contact_rick
Address: 716 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Next Election: 2024
Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican, First District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-4136
Email/Website: https://gaetz.house.gov/
Address: 1721 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Neal Dunn, Republican, Second District
Stance: Completely against cannabis legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-5235
Email/Website: https://dunn.house.gov/
Address: 316 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Ted Yoho, Republican, Third District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-5744
Email/Website: https://yoho.house.gov/
Address: 1730 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515
Representative John Rutherford, Republican, Fourth District
Stance: Completely against cannabis legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-2501
Email/Website: https://rutherford.house.gov/
Address: 1711 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Al Lawson, Democrat, Fifth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-123
Email/Website: https://lawson.house.gov/
Address: 1406 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Michael Waltz, Republican, Sixth District
Stance: Completely against cannabis legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-4035
Email/Website: https://waltz.house.gov/
Address: 216 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Stephanie Murphy, Democrat, Seventh District
Stance: Allow cannabis businesses to use banks.
Phone: (202) 225-4035
Email/Website: https://murphy.house.gov/
Address: 1710 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Bill Posey, Republican, Eighth District
Stance: Completely against cannabis legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-3671
Email/Website: https://posey.house.gov/
Address: 2150 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Darren Soto, Democrat, Ninth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-9889
Email/Website: https://soto.house.gov/
Address: 1507 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Val Demings, Democrat, Tenth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-2176
Email/Website: https://demings.house.gov/
Address: 217 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Daniel Webster, Republican, Eleventh District
Stance: Completely against cannabis legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-1002
Email/Website: https://webster.house.gov/
Address: 1210 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Gus Bilirakis, Republican, Twelfth District
Stance: Completely against cannabis legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-5755
Email/Website: https://bilirakis.house.gov/
Address: 2227 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Charlie Crist, Democrat, Thirteenth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-5961
Email/Website: https://crist.house.gov/
Address: 215 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Kathy Castor, Democrat, Fourteenth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-3376
Email/Website: https://castor.house.gov/
Address: 2052 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Ross Spano, Republican, Fifteenth District
Stance: Completely against cannabis legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-1252
Email/Website: https://spano.house.gov/
Address: 224 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Vern Buchanan, Republican, Sixteenth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-5015
Email/Website: https://buchanan.house.gov/
Address: 2427 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Gregory Steube, Republican, Seventeenth District
Stance: Pro medical marijuana, against recreational.
Phone: (202) 225-5792
Email/Website: https://steube.house.gov/
Address: 521 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Brian Mast, Republican, Eighteenth District
Stance: Completely against cannabis legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-3026
Email/Website: https://mast.house.gov/
Address: 2182 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Francis Rooney, Republican, Nineteenth District
Stance: Completely against cannabis legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-2536
Email/Website: https://francisrooney.house.gov/
Address: 120 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Alcee Hastings, Democrat, Twentieth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-1313
Email/Website: https://alceehastings.house.gov/
Address: 2353 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Lois Frankel, Democrat, Twenty First District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-9890
Email/Website: https://frankel.house.gov/
Address: 2305 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Ted Deutch, Democrat, Twenty Second District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-3001
Email/Website: https://teddeutch.house.gov/
Address: 2447 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democrat, Twenty Thid District
Stance: Only allow VA doctors to prescribe medical marijuana.
Phone: (202) 225-7931
Email/Website: https://wassermanschultz.house.gov/
Address: 1114 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Frederica Wilson, Democrat, Twenty Fourth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-4506
Email/Website: https://wilson.house.gov/
Address: 2445 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Mario Diaz-Balart, Republican, Twenty Fifth District
Stance: Completely against cannabis legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-2778
Email/Website: https://mariodiazbalart.house.gov/
Address: 404 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Debbie Marcusel-Powell, Democrat, Twenty Sixth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-2778
Email/Website: https://mucarsel-powell.house.gov/
Address: 114 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Donna Shalala, Democrat, Twenty Seventh District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-3931
Email/Website: https://shalala.house.gov/
Address: 1320 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515