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Committee approves bill to remove drug test strips from paraphernalia definition
Summary
House Bill 1167, as amended, removes test strips from the state paraphernalia statute to clarify they are not criminally punishable items; sponsor said the change removes uncertainty for public health distributors, and the ACLU testified in support.
Representative Jennifer Meltzer asked the committee to approve an amendment to House Bill 1167 that would remove drug test strips from the statutory definition of paraphernalia, saying the change is narrowly tailored to ensure test strips used for Fentanyl or xylazine detection are not treated as criminal paraphernalia.
Meltzer said the amendment narrows the bill’s language to reach the original goal: allowing test strips to be distributed by local health departments,…
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