Exposures of First Responders to Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs
Summary
Exposures of First Responders to Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs; Providing criminal penalties for adults who, in the course of unlawfully possessing specified controlled substances, recklessly expose a first responder to such substances and an overdose or serious bodily injury of the first responder results; prohibiting the arrest, charging, prosecution, or penalizing under specified provisions of law of a person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for an individual experiencing, or believed to be experiencing, an alcohol-related or a drug-related overdose, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 1, 2024 · House Mar 6, 2024
How they voted
30–0
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 40
Mar 1, 2024
D
Democratic11
81% Yea
I
Independent1
0% Nay
R
Republican28
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
11
Committee
10
Apr 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 100, NAYS 12
lower
Mar 4, 2024
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 30 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/27/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/13/24, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
upper
Jan 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
upper
Jan 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 18, 2024
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/23/24, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Dec 15, 2023
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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