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Judiciary panel restores paraphernalia possession as a crime, aligns penalty with drug possession
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee adopted an amendment and passed a bill to make possession of controlled paraphernalia a crime with penalties matched to the underlying controlled dangerous substance possession. The amendment was adopted 19–1; the committee approved the bill as amended.
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday adopted an amendment and approved a bill that restores criminal penalties for possession of controlled paraphernalia and aligns those penalties with possession of the underlying controlled dangerous substance.
The amendment, offered during consideration of House Bill 260, “puts back in ... possession,” returning paraphernalia possession to criminal status and aligning its penalty with the underlying CDS possession, the member presenting the amendment said. The committee…
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