Revision: Dec. 8, 2023, 10:41 a.m.
2024 SESSION
24-2928.0
09/10
SENATE BILL [bill number]
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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
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.