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Committee passes broad criminal-sentencing and bail bill that raises fentanyl penalties, mandates bail hearings for violent arrestees and adds domestic-violence
Summary
Senate Bill 324, a broad criminal-justice package that raises penalties for fentanyl-related dealing, requires individualized bail hearings for violent arrestees, adds GPS monitoring options for domestic-violence cases and bans imitation firearms on campus, passed the committee 12–1 after extensive testimony and multiple amendments.
Senate Bill 324, a wide-ranging criminal-justice measure addressing fentanyl dealing, bail, domestic-violence protections and other items, passed the Criminal Code Committee after substantial testimony and several adopted amendments.
Senator Aaron Freeman, the bill’s sponsor, framed the measure around public-safety priorities and fentanyl’s rapid lethality: “Fentanyl kills people in microscopic amounts,” he said, urging stronger penalties for dealing that leads to death and a requirement that certain violent arrestees appear before a judge rather than be released on a preset schedule. Representative Garrett Bascom offered a significant amendment (Amendment 8) that mirrors the committee’s…
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