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CS/HB 477: Controlled Substances

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Boyd ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Miller, M. ; Peters ; Roth ; Stone ; Williams

Controlled Substances; Provides that certain crime laboratory personnel may possess, store, & administer emergency opioid antagonists; provides that unlawful distribution of specified controlled substances & analogs or mixtures thereof which proximately cause death is murder; adds certain synthetic opioid substitute compounds to Schedule I; prohibits possession of more than 10 grams of specified substances; revises substances that constitute certain trafficking offenses; creates certain trafficking offenses; provides specified minimum terms of imprisonment & fines based on quantity involved in for certain offenses.

Effective Date: 10/1/2017
Last Action: 6/15/2017 - Chapter No. 2017-107, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 505 (Ch. 2017-110)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/24/2017 House • Filed
2/6/2017 House • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 65
3/7/2017 House • Introduced -HJ 65
3/13/2017 House • PCS on Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 03/15/17, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
3/15/2017 House • CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 1 -HJ 383
3/16/2017 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 378
3/20/2017 House • Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 394
3/30/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/03/17, 3:00 pm, Morris Hall
4/3/2017 House • Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 563
• Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 563
4/4/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/06/17, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
4/6/2017 House • Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 597
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 597
4/13/2017 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/18/17
4/18/2017 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/19/17
4/19/2017 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 729, 730
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/20/2017 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 754
• CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 -HJ 755
4/25/2017 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 454
• Received -SJ 454
5/2/2017 Senate • Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 619
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 619
• Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 150 -SJ 619
• Read 2nd time -SJ 619
• Amendment(s) adopted (285990) -SJ 619
• Placed on 3rd reading
5/3/2017 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 719, 723
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 723
5/3/2017 House • In returning messages
5/4/2017 House • Refused to concur, requested Senate to recede -HJ 1112, 1113
5/4/2017 Senate • In returning messages
5/5/2017 Senate • Receded from 1 amendment(s) (285990)
• CS passed; YEAS 31 NAYS 7 -SJ 904
5/5/2017 House • Ordered enrolled -HJ 1262
5/30/2017 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/14/2017 • Approved by Governor
6/15/2017 • Chapter No. 2017-107, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 505 (Ch. 2017-110)