VA SB1490 | 2023 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-25 - Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Selling, giving, or distributing a substance containing 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 first degree by poison. 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 first degree by poison.

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Title

Fentanyl; selling, giving, or distributing a substance that contains 2 mgms. or more, etc.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2023-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2023-01-25SenatePassed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
2023-01-19SenateReferred to Committee on the Judiciary
2023-01-19SenatePresented and ordered printed 23104369D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
182248.05(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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