2023 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

SB1490: Fentanyl; selling, giving, or distributing a substance that contains 2 mgms. or more, etc.

Legislative Summary

Selling, giving, or distributing a substance containing fentanyl; penalties. Provides that any person who sells, gives, or distributes a substance he knows or should know contains two milligrams or more of any mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, to another person without such person's knowledge that the substance sold, given, or distributed contains fentanyl is guilty of attempted murder of the first degree by poison. The bill also provides that if such sale, gift, or distribution results in the death of the other person from his use of the substance containing fentanyl, then the person who sold, gave, or distributed the substance is guilty of murder of the first degree by poison.

Bill History

1/19/2023
Presented and ordered printed 23104369D
Senate
1/19/2023
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Senate
1/25/2023
Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
Senate

Roll Call Votes

Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
1/25/2023
9
Yea
6
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/19/2023)
Chamber
Senate
Sine DiePrior Session

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Jill Vogel
Jill Vogel
Republican

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/19/20233.8 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/25/202347.3 KB