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Senate committee advances overdose‑immunity bill after rejecting tighter limit on repeat protections
Summary
Senate File 74, which provides limited immunity for people reporting drug overdoses so bystanders will call for help, advanced from the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation on Jan. 24 after the chamber rejected an amendment to tighten the repeat‑use limit.
CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Senate’s Committee of the Whole on Jan. 24 reported Senate File 74 favorably after extended debate on whether the bill’s immunity provision should be limited to one incident in 12 months rather than two.
Senator Krum, delivering the committee explanation at the request of the chair, said the bill is intended to encourage people to summon emergency help when someone is overdosing by granting limited immunity from certain controlled‑substance offenses. He said the immunity is not intended to protect dealers and that the bill permits a limited…
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