Expand Florida state profile: penalty tables, citations, medical section · Changelog

Countries and states 1 file

Florida countries/us/fl.yaml

segments › possession

Unauthorised possession of 20 g or less of qualifying cannabis plant material is a first-degree misdemeanour, with up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. The exception expressly excludes extracted resin and its derivatives: unauthorised possession of concentrates can be a third-degree felony at any weight, with up to five years and a $5,000 fine. Authorised medical products and lawful hemp have separate rules.

segments › cultivation

~~A felony.~~

segments › enforcement

Jail is possible for small amounts of flower; resin and concentrates fall outside the 20 g misdemeanour exception and can bring felony penalties. Several localities offer civil citations for qualifying possession cases.[@3,4]

segments › sharing

An unpaid transfer of 20 g or less of qualifying plant material is a misdemeanour. Resin a … that exception, so gifting a concentrate can be a felony; unauthorised sales are felonies.[@3,4]

segments › consumption

Illegal without a medical card; patients may not smoke in public.[@4]

segments › access

A large medical programme with dispensaries statewide. A 2024 ballot measure to legalise won 56% but needed 60%. A second initiative for November 2026 was ruled short of valid signatures and will not be on the ballot.[@4,5,8]

sources

Florida — 2026 Statutes, section 381.986, medical marijuana use Ballotpedia — Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization, Amendment 2 (2016) Ballotpedia — Florida Amendment 3, Marijuana Legalization Initiative (2024) 5 unchanged

segments › possession › text

segments › possession › currency

USD

segments › possession › penalties

upto 20 g · treatment criminal · term First-degree misdemeanor · prison 1 year · fine 1000, over 20 g · upto 25 lb · treatment criminal · term Third-degree felony · prison 5 years · fine 5000, over 25 lb · treatment criminal · term Trafficking felony · prison min 3 years · fine 25000 · note Higher weights carry longer minimums and larger fines

segments › cultivation › text

Growing is a felony, punished by plant count: fewer than 25 plants brings up to five years, and the terms climb from there.[@4]

segments › cultivation › currency

USD

segments › cultivation › penalties

label Fewer than 25 plants · treatment criminal · term Felony · prison 5 years · fine 5000, label 25 plants or more · treatment criminal · term Felony · fine 10000 · note Terms rise with plant count, up to 30 years for the largest grows

context › medical › text

Florida voters wrote medical cannabis into the constitution with Amendment 2 in 2016, and the Medical Marijuana Use statute licenses treatment centers serving qualified patients.[@6,7]

context › medical › sources

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Code, design and documents 2 files

docs/research/expansion-2026-10-28-usa-1.md +25 −2

@@ -15,6 +15,29 @@ File: `countries/us/ca.yaml` (the documented model state file).
 - Left: clubs/driving/visitors/arrests sections (no sourced claims found yet); atlas unlinked list is national-level, not CA-actionable.
 
-## tx — pending
-## fl — pending
+## tx (Texas) — committed
+- Penalty tables (possession 5-step ladder verified against NORML: ≤2oz Class B 180d/$2k up to
+  >50lb felony; cultivation charged by weight), city non-enforcement (Austin Prop A 2022, Dallas
+  Prop R 2024 via Marijuana Moment), medical (TCUP + HB 46 2025 via MM signing article), culture
+  (Lee Otis Johnson via Texas Monthly, Willie Nelson via NORML).
+- Corrected own overstatement: top possession term is 99 years, not life. MPP PDF bot-blocked —
+  used MM signing article instead.
+- Audit 0/0; review page verified (all new content renders, all history/culture links resolve).
+- History gap noted, not filled: no TCUP-2015 or HB46-2025 entries in changes.yaml (shared file,
+  left for a history pass).
+
+## fl (Florida) — committed
+- Penalty tables (possession 3 steps: ≤20g misd 1yr/$1k, 20g–25lb felony 5yr/$5k, 25lb+ trafficking
+  min 3yr; cultivation by plant count, verified against NORML), citations on all segments, new
+  `medical` (Amendment 2 2016 + statute 381.986), access cites (Amendment 3 2024 via Ballotpedia,
+  2026 initiative via existing source).
+- Incidental: test #158 accessor updated (`fl.segments.possession.text ?? ...`) — table form made
+  possession an object; regex assertions unchanged (file already uses `.text` for ph/vn/ws).
+  Claims suite 87/0. Committed in same change since the test covers it.
+- Ballotpedia amendment URLs bot-blocked (empty bodies) — accepted on slug convention matching the
+  already-vetted 2026 sibling URL in this file.
+- No FL history entries exist (no Amendment 2 / Amendment 3 entries) and no grounded FL culture
+  subject found — both noted, not filled.
+- Audit 0/0; review page verified.
+
 ## ny — pending
 ## pa — pending

scripts/profile-claims.test.mjs +1 −1

@@ -213,5 +213,5 @@ test('Irish referrals and Turkish product permission do not imply legal retail s
 test('Florida small-flower exceptions never silently include resin (#158)', () => {
   const fl = country('us/fl');
-  assert.match(fl.segments.possession, /20 g.*plant material.*resin.*felony at any weight/);
+  assert.match(fl.segments.possession.text ?? fl.segments.possession, /20 g.*plant material.*resin.*felony at any weight/);
   assert.match(fl.segments.sharing, /Resin.*excluded.*gifting a concentrate can be a felony/);
   assert.match(fl.answers.caught.text, /concentrate possession can be a felony at any weight/);