The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) serves as the primary regulatory agency for professional licenses in Florida. The licensing system is designed to establish minimum standards that protect consumers when they engage in business with regulated professionals. DBPR oversees more than 30 professions and industries, and for […]
Florida’s Quota License Lottery opened on August 18, 2025, with entries due by October 1, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. Winning the drawing grants the priority right to apply for a new quota beverage license in counties where population growth created eligibility for additional licenses. For retailers, these licenses represent one […]
Although the attention of the political world is currently drawn to impeachment hearings and the countless nominees vying for the Democratic presidential nomination, Congress has still found time to work on a bill that would allow banking institutions to transact with cannabis businesses. The SAFE (“Secure and Fair Enforcement”) Banking […]
On January 2, 2019, Circuit Court Judge Karen Gievers started the new year off by invalidating the 2017 law regulating medical marijuana in Florida. Judge Gievers ruled the implementing law conflicts with the state constitution and the will of the people that voted to approve Amendment 2 in 2016. Judge […]
After multiple failed attempts, a medical marijuana amendment to the Florida Constitution overwhelmingly passed in November of 2016. In response to the amendment, the Florida legislature passed Fla. Stat. § 381.986. While Florida previously had allowed medical marijuana for terminally ill patients under the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014 […]