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2024 SESSION
SB 469 Controlled substances; manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing misbranded drugs, etc.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Controlled substances; manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, etc.; adulterated or misbranded drugs; penalties. Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person, except for permitted manufacturers, to possess, purchase, sell, give, distribute, or possess with intent to sell, give, or distribute an encapsulating machine or a tableting machine that manufactures, compounds, converts, produces, processes, prepares, or otherwise introduces into the human body a controlled substance. The bill makes it a Class 5 felony if such person knows, intends, or has reasonable cause to believe that such action will result in the unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance or counterfeit controlled substance that contains (i) a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or Schedule II of the Drug Control Act or (ii) a controlled substance analog as defined in relevant law.
The bill also makes it a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than 10 nor more than 40 years for any person 18 years of age or older to knowingly allow a minor or a mentally incapacitated or physically helpless person of any age to be present during the manufacture or attempted manufacture of any substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.
The bill also increases from a Class 2 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the penalty for violations related to adulterated or misbranded drugs and cosmetics.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104018D pdf | impact statement
- 01/17/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24105678D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 03/07/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB469ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/04/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0371) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104018D
- 01/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/17/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
- 01/17/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24105678D-S1
- 01/17/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/24/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/24 Senate: Read second time
- 01/26/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/26/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24105678D-S1
- 01/26/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB469S1
- 01/29/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
- 02/13/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/24 House: Read first time
- 02/13/24 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/20/24 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/21/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/23/24 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/28/24 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/24 House: Read second time
- 03/04/24 House: Read third time
- 03/04/24 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/24 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB469ER)
- 03/07/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/04/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 371 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/04/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0371)