Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act
This bill requires manufacturers and sellers of pill-making machines (like tableting or encapsulating machines) to permanently affix a unique serial number to each device. It directly affects companies that produce or distribute these machines, mandating serial numbers to track their movement. The bill prohibits tampering with or removing these serial numbers, and bans transporting machines with altered or missing numbers. These changes aim to make it harder to secretly produce illicit pills by creating a traceable record for law enforcement.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2024
Committee Review
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Introduced Aug 1, 2024
Last action Aug 1, 2024
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1
Aug 1, 2024
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Aug 1, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
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