House Bill No. 5524
Public Act No. 19-38
AN ACT INCREASING TH E PENALTIES FOR THE SALE OF
FENTANYL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (30) of section 21a-240 of the general statutes
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective
October 1, 2019):
(30) "Narcotic substance" means any of the following, whether
produced directly or indirectly by extraction from [substances] a
substance of vegetable origin, or independently by means of chemical
synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis:
(A) Morphine-type: (i) Opium [and] or opiate, [and] or any salt,
compound, derivative, or preparation of opium or opiate which [are] is
similar [thereto] to any such substance in chemical structure or which
[are] is similar [thereto] to any such substance in physiological effect
and which [show] shows a like potential for abuse, which [are] is a
controlled [substances] substance under this chapter unless modified;
(ii) any salt, compound, isomer, derivative, or preparation [thereof] of
any such substance which is chemically equivalent or identical [with]
to any [of the substances] substance referred to in clause (i) of this
subdivision, but not including the isoquinoline alkaloids of opium; (iii)
opium poppy [and] or poppy straw; or (iv) (I) fentanyl or any salt, House Bill No. 5524
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compound, derivative or preparation of fentanyl which is similar to
any such substance in chemical structure or which is similar to any
such substance in physiological effect and which shows a like potential
for abuse, which is a controlled substance under this chapter unless
modified, or (II) any salt, compound, isomer, derivative or preparation
of any such substance which is chemically equivalent or identical to
any substance referred to in subclause (I) of this clause; or (B) cocaine-
type; [,] coca leaves [and] or any salt, compound, derivative or
preparation of coca leaves, [and] or any salt, compound, isomer,
derivatives or preparation [thereof] of any such substance which is
chemically equivalent or identical [with] to any [of these substances]
such substance or which [are] is similar [thereto] to any such substance
in physiological effect and which [show] shows a like potential for
abuse, but not including decocainized coca leaves or extractions of
coca leaves which do not contain cocaine or ecgonine;