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CS/CS/CS/SB 718: Exposures of First Responders to Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice ; Criminal Justice ; Collins ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Hooper

Exposures of First Responders to Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs; Providing criminal penalties for adults who, in the course of unlawfully possessing specified controlled substances, recklessly expose a first responder to such substances and an overdose or serious bodily injury of the first responder results; prohibiting the arrest, charging, prosecution, or penalizing under specified provisions of law of a person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for an individual experiencing, or believed to be experiencing, an alcohol-related or a drug-related overdose, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2024
Last Action: 4/9/2024 - Chapter No. 2024-68
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/6/2023 Senate • Filed
12/15/2023 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
1/9/2024 Senate • Introduced
1/18/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/23/24, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
1/23/2024 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
1/24/2024 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
1/25/2024 Senate • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
2/8/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/13/24, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
2/13/2024 Senate • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
2/15/2024 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Fiscal Policy
2/20/2024 Senate • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time
2/22/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/27/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2/27/2024 Senate • CS/CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
2/28/2024 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/24
• CS/CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
3/1/2024 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 585
• Read 3rd time -SJ 586
• CS passed; YEAS 30 NAYS 0 -SJ 586
3/1/2024 House • In Messages
3/4/2024 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
• Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024)
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
3/5/2024 House • Read 2nd time
• Placed on 3rd reading
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
3/6/2024 House • Read 3rd time
• CS passed; YEAS 100, NAYS 12
3/6/2024 Senate • Ordered enrolled
4/4/2024 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
4/8/2024 • Approved by Governor
4/9/2024 • Chapter No. 2024-68