Eliminating controlled, counterfeit, simulated, imitation, and precursor substance-related criminal offenses and including effective date provisions

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2020
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   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committee
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill declares addiction and substance abuse as public health issues, and specifies a reorientation toward treating addiction and substance abuse as a public health issue by eliminating criminal offenses related to controlled, counterfeit, simulated, imitation, and precursor substances. The bill strikes criminal penalties, mandatory minimum sentences, and other Code provisions relating to the unlawful actions of any person relating to the manufacture, delivery, possession, or possession with the intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance, counterfeit substance, simulated controlled substance, or imitation controlled substance; or to act with, enter into a common scheme or design with, or conspire with one or more persons to manufacture, deliver, or possess with the intent to manufacture or deliver such substances.

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