Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to drug paraphernalia
Topics:Crime & corrections
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 2, 2023
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People who make, sell, or own drug paraphernalia currently face a misdemeanor charge. This bill changes the law so that tools used to test for fentanyl or other drug additives are no longer considered illegal drug paraphernalia. It also ensures that medical needles and syringes used for legal purposes are exempt from these rules.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to drug paraphernalia. Under current law, a person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, delivers, sells, or possesses drug paraphernalia commits a simple misdemeanor. Hypodermic needles or syringes manufactured, delivered, sold, or possessed for a lawful purpose are exempt from the definition of “drug paraphernalia”. The bill also exempts equipment, products, or materials used to analyze or test for the presence of fentanyl, a fentanyl analog, or a drug adulterant within a controlled substance from the definition of “drug paraphernalia”.
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Similar bills
- HF 2650 Relating to drug paraphernalia91st General Assembly · In committeeNearly identical
- SF 463 Relating to drug paraphernalia91st General Assembly · In committeeNearly identical
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