Virginia House Bill 685 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Selling, giving, or distributing fentanyl; penalties. Provides that any person who sells, gives, or distributes a substance he knows or should know contains two milligrams or more of any mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, to another person without such person's knowledge that the substance sold, given, or distributed contains fentanyl is guilty of attempted murder of the second degree. The bill also provides that if such sale, gift, or distribution results in the death of the other person from his use of the substance containing fentanyl, then the person who sold, gave, or distributed the substance is guilty of murder of the second degree. The bill also makes it a felony punishable by not less than five nor more than 40 years, three years of which are a mandatory minimum, and a fine not to exceed $1 million for a person to transport into the Commonwealth by any means with intent to sell or distribute 100 milligrams or more of fentanyl.

Fentanyl; selling, giving, or distributing, penalties.

Del. James Leftwich [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102936D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	248.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	248.05	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB685
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB685+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB685F160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB685F122+PDF