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    CS/CS/CS/SB 718: Exposures of First Responders to Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs

    GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy, Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, Criminal Justice, Collins; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Hooper

    Exposures of First Responders to Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs; Providing criminal penalties for adults who, in the course of unlawfully possessing specified controlled substances, recklessly expose a first responder to such substances and an overdose or serious bodily injury of the first responder results; prohibiting the arrest, charging, prosecution, or penalizing under specified provisions of law of a person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for an individual experiencing, or believed to be experiencing, an alcohol-related or a drug-related overdose, etc.

    Effective Date: 10/1/2024

    Last Action: 4/9/2024 Senate - Chapter No. 2024-68

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    Current Bill Version Posted: 3/6/2024 05:17 PM


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      H 231 (c2) by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
      Exposures of First Responders to Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs
      Last Action: 3/5/2024 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 718 (Ch. 2024-68)
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      893.132 Page 1 (pdf)
      893.21 Alcohol-related or drug-related overdoses; medical assistance; immunity from arrest, charge, prosecution, and penalization. Page 2 (pdf)
    • Bill History

      S = Senate, H = House

      12/6/2023 S • Filed
      12/15/2023 S • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
      1/9/2024 S • Introduced
      1/18/2024 S • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/23/24, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
      1/23/2024 S • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
      1/24/2024 S • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
      • CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
      1/25/2024 S • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
      2/8/2024 S • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/13/24, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
      2/13/2024 S • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
      2/15/2024 S • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
      • Now in Fiscal Policy
      2/20/2024 S • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time
      2/22/2024 S • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/27/24, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
      2/27/2024 S • CS/CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
      2/28/2024 S • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
      • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
      • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/24
      • CS/CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
      3/1/2024 S • Read 2nd time -SJ 585
      • Read 3rd time -SJ 586
      • CS passed; YEAS 30 NAYS 0 -SJ 586
      3/1/2024 H • In Messages
      3/4/2024 H • Bill referred to House Calendar
      • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024)
      • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)
      3/5/2024 H • Read 2nd time
      • Placed on 3rd reading
      • Added to Third Reading Calendar
      3/6/2024 H • Read 3rd time
      • CS passed; YEAS 100, NAYS 12
      3/6/2024 S • Ordered enrolled
      4/4/2024 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
      4/8/2024 • Approved by Governor
      4/9/2024 • Chapter No. 2024-68
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