Bill Text - SB316 (2024)

Establishing a penalty for a person who transports fentanyl class drugs into New Hampshire with the intent to distribute.


Revision: Dec. 8, 2023, 10:41 a.m.

 

2024 SESSION

24-2928.0

09/10

 

SENATE BILL [bill number]

 

AN ACT establishing a penalty for a person who transports fentanyl class drugs into New Hampshire with the intent to distribute.

 

SPONSORS: [sponsors]

 

COMMITTEE: [committee]

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes a crime and mandatory minimum penalty for transporting into New Hampshire with the intent to distribute fentanyl class drugs.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2928.0

09/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT establishing a penalty for a person who transports fentanyl class drugs into New Hampshire with the intent to distribute.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Paragraph; Controlled Drug Act; Penalties.  Amend RSA 318-B:26 by inserting after paragraph IX-a the following new paragraph:

IX-b. In addition to any other penalty imposed under this section, any person who enters this state while possessing any quantity of a fentanyl class drug with the intent to distribute the fentanyl class drug shall be guilty of a class A felony and shall be sentenced to a minimum of 5 years imprisonment. Any vehicle or other conveyance used to transport the fentanyl class drug into the state shall be subject to forfeiture.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.