HB 49 - Under current law, the offense of trafficking drugs in the first degree and second degree includes when a person trafficks more than ten milligrams of fentanyl or carfentanil. This act changes the amount of fentanyl to more than three but less than fourteen milligrams and any amount of carfentanil. Additionally, under current law, the offense of trafficking drugs in the first degree and second degree has increased penalties for certain amounts of fentanyl and carfentanil. This act changes the amount of fentanyl for the enhanced penalty to fourteen or more milligrams and changes the amount of carfentanil to more than five hundredths of a milligram.
These provisions are similar to provisions in SB 143 (2025), SS/SCS/HCS/HB 1659 (2024), SS#2/SCS/SBs 754, et al (2024), SS/SCS/SBs 189, et al (2023), HCS/HB 1133 (2023), and SB 705 (2023).
SARAH HASKINS