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Senate advances bill setting 10‑year minimum for fentanyl distribution tied to death
Summary
The Senate advanced SB 15 after adopting a floor amendment to protect clinical fentanyl use; the bill would create a mandatory minimum 10‑year sentence where distribution of a fentanyl‑class drug results in death, and the measure passed second reading by a recorded vote.
The New Hampshire Senate advanced Senate Bill 15, which would impose a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years for those whose manufacture, distribution or sale of a fentanyl‑class drug results in a death.
Senator Abbas, presenting the committee report, said SB 15 “ensures that courts shall not assign a sentence of less than 10 years for those strictly liable for the death resulting from the ingestion, injection or inhaling of a substance that they distributed.” He…
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