Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act
HR 5880, the "Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act," requires manufacturers and distributors of pill-making machines (like tableting machines) and their critical parts (such as punches and dies) to affix permanent serial numbers to these items. It mandates that these businesses report transactions involving such machines to the Attorney General and maintain records of the serial numbers. The law prohibits tampering with or knowingly distributing machines with removed or altered serial numbers. This directly affects manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of these specific pill-production machines and parts, aiming to improve tracking of equipment used in illicit drug manufacturing.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Oct 31, 2025
Last action Jul 15, 2026
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Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
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Jul 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
lower
Jul 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
lower
Oct 31, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Oct 31, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Oct 31, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Harriet M. Hageman
RRepublican
Co
Christopher H. Smith
RRepublican
Co
Dan Crenshaw
RRepublican
Co
Dave Min
DDemocratic
Co
Derek Tran
DDemocratic
Co
Donald Norcross
DDemocratic
Co
Eugene Simon Vindman
DDemocratic
Co
Glenn Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Josh Harder
DDemocratic
Co
Marcy Kaptur
DDemocratic
Co
Melanie A. Stansbury
DDemocratic
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