Increasing criminal penalties on drug-related crimes when the drug is fentanyl and creating special sentencing rules for mandatory imprisonment and additional terms of imprisonment for drug-related crimes when the drug is fentanyl or is attractive to minors because of its appearance or packaging.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Jan 2024
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2023
Last action Jan 10, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Jan 10, 2024
Upper · Passed
Motion to strike from Calendar adopted;
upper
Mar 1, 2023
Committee
Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means and re-referred to Committee of the Whole
upper
Feb 23, 2023
Committee
Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
upper
Feb 21, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
upper
Feb 13, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
upper
Feb 10, 2023
Introduced
Introduced
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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