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Bill Detail: HB23-1167

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Title Reporting Of Emergency Overdose Events
Status Governor Signed (05/01/2023)
Bill Subjects
  • Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
House Sponsors C. deGruy Kennedy (D)
S. Sharbini (D)
Senate Sponsors R. Rodriguez (D)
House Committee Judiciary
Senate Committee Judiciary
Date Introduced 02/02/2023
Summary

Under current law, a person is immune from arrest and prosecution
of certain criminal offenses if the person reports an overdose to an
emergency responder and satisfies additional requirements related to the
reporting. The bill extends that immunity from arrest and prosecution to
the following criminal offenses:
  • Unlawful possession of a controlled substance if the
material, compound, mixture, or preparation contains
fentanyl, carfentanil, benzimidazole opiate, or an analog
thereof; and
  • Unlawful distribution or transfer of the controlled
substance for the purpose of consuming all of the
controlled substance with another person at a time
substantially contemporaneous with the transfer, if the
distribution or transfer involves certain controlled
substances.
The bill creates an affirmative defense to the prosecution for
unlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, or sale of a material,
compound, mixture, or preparation that weighs not more than 4 grams and
contains any amount of certain controlled substances if the person reports
an overdose to an emergency responder and satisfies additional
requirements related to the reporting.

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