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Committee backs enhanced penalty for adults who distribute fentanyl to minors
Summary
The committee voted to sponsor 26LSO171, which would make distribution of fentanyl by a person 18 or older to someone under 18 a felony with penalties up to a $10,000 fine and up to 20 years in prison. The draft extends the higher penalty to any adult distribution to anyone under 18 and defines fentanyl to include isomers and certain analogs.
The committee voted to sponsor 26LSO171, a Legislative Service Office draft that would enhance penalties when an adult distributes fentanyl to a person under age 18.
Brian Fuller (LSO) summarized the proposal: the draft adds a subsection making it a felony for "any person who is at least age 18 who violates [the Controlled Substances Act] by distributing fentanyl to a person under age 18,"…
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