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| 5 | 4 | | State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H4/3/23 1 |
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| 6 | 5 | | 94th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 7 | 6 | | Regular Session, 2023 HOUSE BILL 1456 3 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Representatives Gazaway, Beaty Jr., M. Berry, Lundstrum, Maddox, S. Berry, C. Cooper, Eubanks, 5 |
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| 10 | 9 | | Gonzales, Haak, Hollowell, Long, J. Mayberry, S. Meeks, J. Moore, Ray, Richmond, Rye, Watson, 6 |
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| 11 | 10 | | Wooldridge 7 |
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| 12 | 11 | | By: Senators Gilmore, J. Dismang, J. Boyd, J. Bryant, Crowell, B. Davis, Dees, J. Dotson, J. English, 8 |
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| 13 | 12 | | Flippo, K. Hammer, Hester, Hill, Irvin, B. Johnson, M. Johnson, B. King, M. McKee, J. Payton, C. Penzo, 9 |
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| 14 | 13 | | J. Petty, Rice, Stone, G. Stubblefield, D. Sullivan, D. Wallace 10 |
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| 15 | 14 | | 11 |
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| 16 | 15 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 12 |
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| 17 | 16 | | AN ACT CREATING THE FENTANYL ENFORCEMENT AND 13 |
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| 18 | 17 | | ACCOUNTABILITY ACT O F 2023; TO DECLARE A N EMERGENCY; 14 |
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| 19 | 18 | | AND FOR OTHER PURPOS ES. 15 |
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| 21 | 20 | | 17 |
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| 22 | 21 | | Subtitle 18 |
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| 23 | 22 | | CREATING THE FENTANYL ENFORCEMENT AND 19 |
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| 24 | 23 | | ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2023; CONCERNING 20 |
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| 25 | 24 | | FENTANYL AND OTHER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; 21 |
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| 26 | 25 | | TO ESTABLISH INCREASED PENALTIES; AND TO 22 |
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| 27 | 26 | | DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. 23 |
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| 29 | 28 | | 25 |
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| 30 | 29 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 26 |
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| 32 | 31 | | SECTION 1. DO NOT CODIFY. This act shall be known and may be cited as 28 |
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| 33 | 32 | | the "Fentanyl Enforcement and Accountability Act of 2023”. 29 |
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| 35 | 34 | | SECTION 2. Arkansas Code Title 5, Chapter 10, is amended to add an 31 |
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| 36 | 35 | | additional subchapter to read as follows: 32 |
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| 38 | 37 | | Subchapter 2 — Death by Delivery 34 |
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| 39 | 38 | | 35 |
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| 40 | 39 | | 5-10-201. Definitions. 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/23 HB1456 |
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| 45 | 44 | | As used as this subchapter: 1 |
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| 46 | 45 | | (1) "Cocaine" includes without limitation cocaine, an analog of 2 |
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| 47 | 46 | | cocaine that is a cocaine -related controlled substance, and any chemical 3 |
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| 48 | 47 | | structure modification to cocaine or a cocaine analog, including without 4 |
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| 49 | 48 | | limitation the isomers, esters, ethers, and salts of cocaine; 5 |
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| 50 | 49 | | (2) "Controlled substance" means the same as defined in § 5 -64-6 |
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| 51 | 50 | | 101; 7 |
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| 52 | 51 | | (3)(A) "Convey" means to provide to a person or cause to pass 8 |
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| 53 | 52 | | from a person to anothe r person a controlled substance or counterfeit 9 |
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| 54 | 53 | | substance. 10 |
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| 55 | 54 | | (B) "Convey" does not include a person providing 11 |
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| 56 | 55 | | prescription medication in good faith to a family member within the third 12 |
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| 57 | 56 | | degree of consanguinity for the purpose of providing short -term relief for a 13 |
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| 58 | 57 | | medical condition or physical injury; 14 |
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| 59 | 58 | | (4) “Counterfeit substance” means the same as defined in § 5 -64-15 |
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| 60 | 59 | | 101; 16 |
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| 61 | 60 | | (5) "Deliver" or "delivery" means the same as defined in § 5 -64-17 |
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| 62 | 61 | | 101; 18 |
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| 63 | 62 | | (6) "Dispense" means the same as defined in § 5 -64-101; 19 |
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| 64 | 63 | | (7) "Fentanyl" means the same as defined in § 5 -64-101; 20 |
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| 65 | 64 | | (8) "Heroin" includes without limitation heroin, an analog of 21 |
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| 66 | 65 | | heroin that is a heroin -related controlled substance, and any chemical 22 |
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| 67 | 66 | | structure modification to heroin or a heroin analog, including with out 23 |
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| 68 | 67 | | limitation the isomers, esters, ethers, and salts of heroin; 24 |
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| 69 | 68 | | (9) "Methamphetamine" includes without limitation 25 |
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| 70 | 69 | | methamphetamine, an analog of methamphetamine that is a methamphetamine -26 |
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| 71 | 70 | | related controlled substance, and any chemical structure modific ation to 27 |
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| 72 | 71 | | methamphetamine or a methamphetamine analog, including without limitation the 28 |
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| 73 | 72 | | isomers, esters, ethers, and salts of methamphetamine; 29 |
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| 74 | 73 | | (10) "Minor" means a person who is younger than eighteen (18) 30 |
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| 75 | 74 | | years of age; and 31 |
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| 76 | 75 | | (11) "Practitioner" means t he same as defined in § 5 -64-101. 32 |
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| 78 | 77 | | 5-10-202. Aggravated death by delivery. 34 |
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| 79 | 78 | | (a) A person commits the offense of aggravated death by delivery if: 35 |
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| 80 | 79 | | (1)(A) He or she knowingly delivers or conveys fentanyl to 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/23 HB1456 |
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| 85 | 84 | | another person; and 1 |
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| 86 | 85 | | (B) The injection, ingestion, inhalation, or other 2 |
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| 87 | 86 | | introduction of the fentanyl, including any adulterants or diluents, is the 3 |
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| 88 | 87 | | cause of death of the other person; or 4 |
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| 89 | 88 | | (2)(A) He or she knowingly delivers or conveys fentanyl, 5 |
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| 90 | 89 | | methamphetamine, heroin, or cocaine to a minor; a nd 6 |
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| 91 | 90 | | (B) The injection, ingestion, inhalation, or other 7 |
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| 92 | 91 | | introduction of the fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin, or cocaine, including 8 |
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| 93 | 92 | | any adulterants or diluents, causes the death of the minor. 9 |
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| 94 | 93 | | (b)(1) A person who commits the offense of aggravated dea th by 10 |
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| 95 | 94 | | delivery under subdivision (a)(1) of this section upon conviction is guilty 11 |
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| 96 | 95 | | of an unclassified felony and shall be sentenced to term of imprisonment of 12 |
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| 97 | 96 | | no less than twenty (20) years nor more than sixty (60) years, or life. 13 |
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| 98 | 97 | | (2)(A) Except as provid ed in subdivision (b)(2)(B) of this 14 |
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| 99 | 98 | | section, a person who commits the offense of aggravated death by delivery 15 |
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| 100 | 99 | | under subdivision (a)(2) of this section upon conviction is guilty of an 16 |
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| 101 | 100 | | unclassified felony and shall be sentenced to a term of life imprisonment . 17 |
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| 102 | 101 | | (B) A person who commits the offense of aggravated death 18 |
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| 103 | 102 | | by delivery under subdivision (a)(2) of this section who is less than three 19 |
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| 104 | 103 | | (3) years older than the minor whose death was caused upon conviction is 20 |
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| 105 | 104 | | guilty of an unclassified felony and shall be sentenced to a term of 21 |
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| 106 | 105 | | imprisonment of no less than twenty (20) years nor more than sixty (60) 22 |
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| 107 | 106 | | years, or life. 23 |
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| 109 | 108 | | 5-10-203. Death by delivery in the first degree. 25 |
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| 110 | 109 | | (a) A person commits the offense of death by delivery in the first 26 |
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| 111 | 110 | | degree if: 27 |
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| 112 | 111 | | (1) He or she knowingly delivers or conveys methamphetamine, 28 |
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| 113 | 112 | | heroin, or cocaine to another person; and 29 |
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| 114 | 113 | | (2) The injection, ingestion, inhalation, or other introduction 30 |
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| 115 | 114 | | of the methamphetamine, heroin, or cocaine, including any adulterants or 31 |
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| 116 | 115 | | diluents, is the cause of death of the person. 32 |
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| 117 | 116 | | (b)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(2) of this section, death 33 |
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| 118 | 117 | | by delivery in the first degree is a Class Y felony. 34 |
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| 119 | 118 | | (2) Death by delivery in the first degree is a Class A felony if 35 |
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| 120 | 119 | | the defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence one (1) or more of 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/23 HB1456 |
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| 125 | 124 | | the following factors: 1 |
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| 126 | 125 | | (A) The defendant does not have a prior felony conviction; 2 |
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| 127 | 126 | | (B) The defendant played a minor or passive role in the 3 |
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| 128 | 127 | | delivery or conveyance of the methamphetamine, heroin, or coc aine; 4 |
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| 129 | 128 | | (C) The defendant was unaware of adulterants or diluents 5 |
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| 130 | 129 | | in the methamphetamine, heroin, or cocaine that accelerated or contributed to 6 |
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| 131 | 130 | | the death of the other person; or 7 |
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| 132 | 131 | | (D) The defendant possessed the methamphetamine, heroin, 8 |
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| 133 | 132 | | or cocaine for personal use and the conveyance was not part of a transaction 9 |
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| 134 | 133 | | for which the defendant obtained income, resources, or benefits. 10 |
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| 136 | 135 | | 5-10-204. Death by delivery in the second degree. 12 |
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| 137 | 136 | | (a) A person commits the offense of death by delivery in the second 13 |
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| 138 | 137 | | degree if: 14 |
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| 139 | 138 | | (1) He or she knowingly delivers or conveys to another person: 15 |
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| 140 | 139 | | (A) A controlled substance that is not fentanyl, 16 |
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| 141 | 140 | | methamphetamine, heroin, or cocaine; or 17 |
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| 142 | 141 | | (B) A counterfeit substance; and 18 |
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| 143 | 142 | | (2) The injection, ingestion, inhalation, or other introduction 19 |
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| 144 | 143 | | of the controlled substance or counterfeit substance, including any 20 |
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| 145 | 144 | | adulterants or diluents, is the cause of death of the person. 21 |
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| 146 | 145 | | (b)(1) Except as provided in subdivisions (b)(2) and (b)(3) of this 22 |
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| 147 | 146 | | section, death by delivery in the second de gree is a Class A felony. 23 |
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| 148 | 147 | | (2) Death by delivery in the second degree is a Class B felony 24 |
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| 149 | 148 | | if the defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence one (1) or more of 25 |
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| 150 | 149 | | the following factors: 26 |
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| 151 | 150 | | (A) The defendant does not have a prior felony conviction; 27 |
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| 152 | 151 | | (B) The defendant played a minor or passive role in the 28 |
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| 153 | 152 | | delivery or conveyance of the controlled substance or counterfeit substance; 29 |
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| 154 | 153 | | (C) The defendant was unaware of adulterants or diluents 30 |
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| 155 | 154 | | in the controlled substance or counterfeit substance that accelerated or 31 |
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| 156 | 155 | | contributed to the death of the other person; or 32 |
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| 157 | 156 | | (D) The defendant possessed the controlled substance or 33 |
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| 158 | 157 | | counterfeit substance for personal use and the conveyance was not part of a 34 |
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| 159 | 158 | | transaction for which the defendant obtained income, res ources, or benefits. 35 |
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| 160 | 159 | | (3) Death by delivery in the second degree is a Class Y felony 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/23 HB1456 |
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| 165 | 164 | | if the state proves beyond a reasonable doubt one (1) or more of the 1 |
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| 166 | 165 | | following factors: 2 |
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| 167 | 166 | | (A) The defendant has a prior felony conviction for 3 |
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| 168 | 167 | | delivery of a controlled substance under the Uniform Controlled Substances 4 |
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| 169 | 168 | | Act, § 5-64-401 et. seq. or a similar law of another jurisdiction; 5 |
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| 170 | 169 | | (B) The defendant manifested extreme indifference to the 6 |
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| 171 | 170 | | value of human life during the commission of the offense; or 7 |
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| 172 | 171 | | (C) The defendant knew the victim was vulnerable because 8 |
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| 173 | 172 | | the victim was a minor, was sixty (60) years of age or older, or was an 9 |
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| 174 | 173 | | incompetent person as defined in § 5 -64-407. 10 |
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| 175 | 174 | | 11 |
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| 176 | 175 | | 5-10-205. Effect of subchapter on Joshua Ashley -Pauley Act. 12 |
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| 177 | 176 | | This subchapter does not restr ict or interfere with the rights and 13 |
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| 178 | 177 | | immunities provided in the Joshua Ashley -Pauley Act, § 20-13-1701 et. seq. 14 |
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| 179 | 178 | | 15 |
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| 180 | 179 | | 5-10-206. Exemptions. 16 |
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| 181 | 180 | | The following are not offenses under this subchapter: 17 |
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| 182 | 181 | | (1) An individual practitioner acting in the usual course of 18 |
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| 183 | 182 | | professional practice issuing a valid prescription for a controlled substance 19 |
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| 184 | 183 | | for a legitimate medical purpose; 20 |
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| 185 | 184 | | (2) A pharmacy, pharmacist, or an individual practitioner 21 |
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| 186 | 185 | | dispensing, delivering, or administering a controlled substance pursuant to a 22 |
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| 187 | 186 | | prescription; 23 |
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| 188 | 187 | | (3) A permitted manufacturer, wholesaler, pharmacy, hospital, 24 |
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| 189 | 188 | | long-term care facility, or other medical provider delivering, prescribing, 25 |
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| 190 | 189 | | administering, or transferring a controlled substance available by 26 |
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| 191 | 190 | | prescription for lawful purposes and in compliance with state and federal 27 |
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| 192 | 191 | | law; and 28 |
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| 193 | 192 | | (4) A pharmaceutical company manufacturing a controlled 29 |
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| 194 | 193 | | substance available by prescription in compliance with state and federal law. 30 |
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| 196 | 195 | | 5-10-207. Consensual ingestion not a defense. 32 |
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| 197 | 196 | | It is not a defense to a prosecution under this subchapter that a 33 |
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| 198 | 197 | | person knowingly and voluntarily consented to the injection, ingestion, 34 |
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| 199 | 198 | | inhalation, or other introduction of the controlled substance or counterfeit 35 |
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| 200 | 199 | | substance. 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/23 HB1456 |
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| 205 | 204 | | 1 |
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| 206 | 205 | | 5-10-208. Penalties not exclusive. 2 |
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| 207 | 206 | | This subchapter and the criminal penalties provided in this subchapter 3 |
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| 208 | 207 | | are in addition to any other criminal penalty a person may be subject to 4 |
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| 209 | 208 | | under the Arkansas Criminal Code or the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 5 |
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| 210 | 209 | | 5-64-101 et. seq. 6 |
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| 211 | 210 | | 7 |
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| 212 | 211 | | 5-10-209. Factors considered when determining whether a person 8 |
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| 213 | 212 | | possessed a controlled substance for personal use. 9 |
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| 214 | 213 | | For purposes of this subchapter, possession of a controlled substance 10 |
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| 215 | 214 | | or counterfeit substance for personal use may be demonstrated through the 11 |
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| 216 | 215 | | consideration of certain f actors, including without limitation: 12 |
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| 217 | 216 | | (1) The person does not possess the means to weigh, separate, or 13 |
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| 218 | 217 | | package the controlled substance or counterfeit substance; 14 |
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| 219 | 218 | | (2) The person does not possess a record indicating a drug -15 |
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| 220 | 219 | | related transaction; 16 |
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| 221 | 220 | | (3) The controlled substance or counterfeit substance is not 17 |
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| 222 | 221 | | separated or packaged in a manner to facilitate delivery; 18 |
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| 223 | 222 | | (4) The person does not possess a firearm that is in the 19 |
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| 224 | 223 | | immediate physical control of the person at the time of the delivery or 20 |
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| 225 | 224 | | conveyance of the controlled substance or counterfeit substance; and 21 |
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| 226 | 225 | | (5) The person does not possess other controlled substances or 22 |
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| 227 | 226 | | counterfeit substances at the time of the delivery or conveyance. 23 |
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| 229 | 228 | | 5-10-210. Accomplice liability. 25 |
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| 230 | 229 | | An individual who is an accomplice under § 5 -2-403 to the delivery or 26 |
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| 231 | 230 | | conveyance in § 5-10-202, § 5-10-203, or § 5-10-204 is an accomplice for the 27 |
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| 232 | 231 | | purposes of this section. 28 |
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| 234 | 233 | | SECTION 3. Arkansas Code § 5 -64-101(12), concerning the definition of 30 |
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| 235 | 234 | | "drug paraphernalia" under t he Uniform Controlled Substances Act, is amended 31 |
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| 236 | 235 | | to add an additional subdivision to read as follows: 32 |
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| 237 | 236 | | (D) "Drug paraphernalia" does not include a disposable, 33 |
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| 238 | 237 | | single-use test strip that can detect the presence of fentanyl or fentanyl 34 |
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| 239 | 238 | | analogs in a substan ce; 35 |
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| 245 | 244 | | SECTION 4. Arkansas Code § 5 -64-421, concerning offenses related to 1 |
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| 246 | 245 | | the possession and delivery of fentanyl, is amended to add an additional 2 |
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| 247 | 246 | | subsection to read as follows: 3 |
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| 248 | 247 | | (i)(1)(A) A person commits the offense of predatory marketing of 4 |
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| 249 | 248 | | fentanyl to minors if he or she possesses fentanyl with the purpose to 5 |
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| 250 | 249 | | deliver, delivers fentanyl, or manufactures fentanyl; and 6 |
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| 251 | 250 | | (B) The fentanyl possessed, delivered, or manufactured is 7 |
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| 252 | 251 | | likely to appeal to minors due to the shape, color, taste, or design of the 8 |
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| 253 | 252 | | fentanyl or the fentanyl's packaging, including without limitation: 9 |
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| 254 | 253 | | (i) Products that are modeled after noncontrolled 10 |
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| 255 | 254 | | substance products primarily consumed by and marketed to minors; 11 |
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| 256 | 255 | | (ii) Products in the shape of an animal, a vehicle, 12 |
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| 257 | 256 | | a person, or a character; or 13 |
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| 258 | 257 | | (iii) Products that resemble food or beverages that 14 |
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| 259 | 258 | | are attractive to minors and that are commonly sold in retail establishments 15 |
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| 260 | 259 | | regardless of whether the food or beverages are generic, trademarked, or 16 |
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| 261 | 260 | | branded products, including w ithout limitation products that resemble candy. 17 |
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| 262 | 261 | | (2) A person who commits predatory marketing of fentanyl to 18 |
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| 263 | 262 | | minors upon conviction is guilty of an unclassified felony and shall be 19 |
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| 264 | 263 | | sentenced to a term of life imprisonment and a fine of one million dollar s 20 |
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| 265 | 264 | | ($1,000,000). 21 |
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| 267 | 266 | | SECTION 5. Arkansas Code § 5 -64-440(c), concerning the offense of 23 |
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| 268 | 267 | | trafficking a controlled substance, is amended to read as follows: 24 |
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| 269 | 268 | | (c)(1) Trafficking a controlled substance is a Class Y felony. 25 |
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| 270 | 269 | | (2) Trafficking of fentanyl is an unclassified felony with a 26 |
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| 271 | 270 | | sentence of imprisonment of not less than twenty-five (25) years nor more 27 |
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| 272 | 271 | | than sixty (60) years, or life, and a fine of one million dollars 28 |
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| 273 | 272 | | ($1,000,000). 29 |
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| 275 | 274 | | SECTION 6. Arkansas Code § 16 -93-1802(1)(B), if enacted by SB495 of 31 |
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| 276 | 275 | | the Ninety-fourth General Assembly, concerning the list of offenses within 32 |
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| 277 | 276 | | the definition of "felony ineligible for earned release credits", is amended 33 |
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| 278 | 277 | | to add additional subdivisions to read as follows: 34 |
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| 279 | 278 | | (xix) Aggravated death by delivery, § 5 -10-202; and 35 |
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| 280 | 279 | | (xx) Predatory marketing of fentanyl to minors, § 5 -36 As Engrossed: H4/3/23 HB1456 |
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| 285 | 284 | | 64-421(i). 1 |
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| 287 | 286 | | SECTION 7. Arkansas Code § 16 -93-1802(2)(B), if enacted by SB495 of 3 |
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| 288 | 287 | | the Ninety-fourth General Assembly, concerning the list of offenses within 4 |
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| 289 | 288 | | the definition of "restricted release fel ony", is amended to add additional 5 |
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| 290 | 289 | | subdivisions to read as follows: 6 |
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| 291 | 290 | | (liv) Death by delivery in the first degree, § 5 -10-7 |
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| 292 | 291 | | 203; and 8 |
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| 293 | 292 | | (lv) Death by delivery in the second degree, § 5 -10-9 |
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| 294 | 293 | | 204. 10 |
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| 296 | 295 | | SECTION 8. DO NOT CODIFY. EFFECTIVE DATE. 12 |
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| 297 | 296 | | (a) Sections 6 and 7 of this act shall become effective on January 1, 13 |
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| 298 | 297 | | 2024, if SB495 of the Ninety -fourth General Assembly is enacted by the 14 |
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| 299 | 298 | | General Assembly and becomes an act. 15 |
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| 300 | 299 | | (b) If SB495 of the Ninety -fourth General Assembly does not become an 16 |
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| 301 | 300 | | act, Sections 6 and 7 of this act shall not become effective. 17 |
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| 303 | 302 | | SECTION 9. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 19 |
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| 304 | 303 | | General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that illegal controlled substances, 20 |
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| 305 | 304 | | including fentanyl, are a public health crisis; that the A rkansas State Crime 21 |
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| 306 | 305 | | Labratory performed autopsies on four hundred ninety -six (496) drug overdose 22 |
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| 307 | 306 | | deaths in 2021, and of those, two hundred eighty -two (282) or fifty-eight and 23 |
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| 308 | 307 | | six-tenths percent (58.6%) involved fentanyl; that five (5) years prior, in 24 |
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| 309 | 308 | | 2016, there were two hundred seven (207) drug overdose deaths; that of those, 25 |
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| 310 | 309 | | only eight (8) or three and eight -tenths percent (3.8%) involved fentanyl; 26 |
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| 311 | 310 | | that the data reflects a one hundred forty percent (140%) increase in overall 27 |
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| 312 | 311 | | drug overdose deaths and a thr ee thousand four hundred twenty -five percent 28 |
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| 313 | 312 | | (3,425%) increase in drug overdose deaths involving fentanyl; and this act 29 |
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| 314 | 313 | | should become effective immediately to create enforcement and accountability 30 |
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| 315 | 314 | | for the distribution of illegal substances and protect the health of Arkansas 31 |
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| 316 | 315 | | citizens. Therefore, an emergency is declared to exist, and Sections 1 32 |
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| 317 | 316 | | through 5 of this act being immediately necessary for the preservation of the 33 |
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| 318 | 317 | | public peace, health, and safety shall become effective on: 34 |
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| 319 | 318 | | (1) The date of its app roval by the Governor; 35 |
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| 320 | 319 | | (2) If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/23 HB1456 |
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| 325 | 324 | | the expiration of the period of time during which the Governor may veto the 1 |
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| 326 | 325 | | bill; or 2 |
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| 327 | 326 | | (3) If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the veto is 3 |
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| 328 | 327 | | overridden, the date the last house overrides the veto. 4 |
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