Revision: June 4, 2025, 2:53 p.m.
Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19
May 27, 2025
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09/05
Floor Amendment to HB 377-FN
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to health care professionals administering hormone treatments and puberty blockers and relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses.
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 Short Title. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall be known as the Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act.
Amend the bill by replacing all after section 2 with the following:
3 Controlled Drug Act; Penalties. Amend RSA 318-B:26, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) In the case of a violation involving any of the following, a person shall be sentenced to a maximum term of imprisonment of not more than 30 years, a fine of not more than $500,000, or both. If any person commits such a violation after one or more prior offenses as defined in RSA 318-B:27, such person may be sentenced to a maximum term of life imprisonment, a fine of not more than $500,000, or both:
(1) Five ounces or more of a mixture or substance containing any of the following, including any adulterants or dilutants:
(A) Coca leaves, except coca leaves and extracts of coca leaves from which cocaine, ecgonine, and derivatives of ecgonine or their salts have been removed; or
(B) Cocaine other than crack cocaine, its salts, optical and geometric isomers, and salts of isomers; or
(C) Ecgonine, its derivatives, their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers.
(2) Lysergic acid diethylamide, or its analog, in a quantity of 100 milligrams or more including any adulterants or dilutants, or phencyclidine (PCP), or its analog, in a quantity of 10 grams or more including any adulterants or dilutants.
(3) Heroin or its analog, crack cocaine, or a fentanyl class drug in a quantity of 5 grams or more, including any adulterants or dilutants. A fentanyl class drug in a quantity of 20 grams or more, including any adulterants or dilutants, shall carry a minimum term of imprisonment of not less than 3 years and 6 months incarceration. A fentanyl class drug in a quantity of 50 grams or more, including any adulterants or dilutants, shall carry a minimum term of imprisonment of not less than 7 years incarceration. If a defendant charged under this subparagraph cooperates with a law enforcement investigation which results in an arrest or conviction, the defendant shall not be subject to the minimum term of imprisonment outlined in this subparagraph. The court may not defer, combine, or run concurrently with any other sentence the mandatory minimum unless:
(A) The offender was less than 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense for which the offender is to be sentenced;
(B) The offender’s mental capacity, at the time of the commission of the offense for which the offender is to be sentenced, was significantly impaired to the extent that the defendant was deemed incompetent. However, a voluntarily induced intoxicated or drugged condition may not be considered an impairment for the purposes of this subparagraph; or
(C) The offender was an accomplice, the conduct constituting the offense was principally the conduct of another, and the offender's participation was relatively minor.
(4) Methamphetamine or its analog, in a quantity of 5 ounces or more, including adulterants or dilutants.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Prohibits the performance of a medical procedure or the prescription or issuance of medication, upon or to a minor child, that is intended to alter the minor child's gender.
II. Adds mandatory minimum sentences for certain fentanyl-related offenses.