SB 189 - Amends Legal Classification and Penalties for Crimes Related to Fentanyl Distribution - North Carolina Key Vote
Karl Gillespie voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- Sept. 28, 2023
- House Bill Passed
- Sept. 19, 2023
- Senate Bill Passed
- March 14, 2023
- Introduced
- March 1, 2023
Related Issues
Stage Details
Title: Amends Legal Classification and Penalties for Crimes Related to Fentanyl Distribution
Signed by Governor Roy Cooper III
Title: Amends Legal Classification and Penalties for Crimes Related to Fentanyl Distribution
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that amends the legal classification and penalties for crimes related to fentanyl distribution.
Highlights:
-
Amends the legal classification and penalties for crimes related to fentanyl distribution (Sec. 1).
-
Increases criminal penalties for deaths due to drug distribution of a controlled substance to a Class C felony with a jail sentence of between 18-24 years and a fine of between $500,000-$1 million depending on amount and level of severity (Sec. 1).
-
Repeals previous language that required prosecutors prove a transaction took place to now just proving that the drugs were delivered (Sec. 1).
-
Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect December 1, 2023 (Sec. 6).
Title: Amends Legal Classification and Penalties for Crimes Related to Fentanyl Distribution
Title: Amends Legal Classification and Penalties for Crimes Related to Fentanyl Distribution
- William Theodore 'Ted' Alexander III (NC - R)
- James Andrew 'Jim' Burgin (NC - R)
- Robert Otho 'Bobby' Hanig (NC - R)
- Joyce Riley Krawiec (NC - R)
- Michael Vincent Lee (NC - R)
- Timothy Douglas 'Tim' Moffitt (NC - R)
- James Allen 'Jim' Perry (NC - R)
- Norman Wesley Sanderson Jr. (NC - R)
- Victoria Burgess 'Vickie' Sawyer (NC - R)