Fentanyl; selling, giving, or distributing, penalties.
Summary
Selling, giving, or distributing fentanyl; penalties.Provides that any person who sells, gives, or distributes a substancehe knows or should know contains two milligrams or more of any mixtureor substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, includingits isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, to anotherperson without such person's knowledge that the substance sold, given,or distributed contains fentanyl is guilty of attempted murder ofthe second degree. The bill also provides that if such sale, gift,or distribution results in the death of the other person from hisuse of the substance containing fentanyl, then the person who sold,gave, or distributed the substance is guilty of murder of the seconddegree. The bill also makes it a felony punishable by not less thanfive nor more than 40 years, three years of which are a mandatoryminimum, and a fine not to exceed $1 million for a person to transportinto the Commonwealth by any means with intent to sell or distribute 100 milligrams or more of fentanyl.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Feb 13, 2024
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Total actions
5
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0
Committee
1
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jay Leftwich
RRepublican
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