HLS 19RS-826 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 452
BY REPRESENTATIVE TURNER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: Provides relative to Schedule I Controlled Dangerous
Substances
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 40:964(Schedule I)(G) and to repeal R.S. 40:989.3, relative to the Uniform
3 Controlled Dangerous Substances Law; to add certain substances to Schedules I; to
4 repeal the crime of unlawful distribution of products containing Mitragyna speciosa
5 to a minor; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:964(Schedule I)(G) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง964. Composition of schedules
9 Schedules I, II, III, IV, and V shall, unless and until added to pursuant to R.S.
10 40:962, consist of the following drugs or other substances, by whatever official
11 name, common or usual name, chemical name, or brand name designated:
12 SCHEDULE I
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14 G. Miscellaneous. Unless specifically excepted or contained within a
15 pharmaceutical product approved by the United States Food and Drug
16 Administration, or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound,
17 mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances
18 including its salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such salts,
19 isomers, or salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:
20 (1) Mitragynine
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HB NO. 452
1 (2) 7-Hydroxy-mitragynine
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3 Section 2. R.S. 40:989.3 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 452 Original 2019 Regular Session Turner
Abstract: Adds certain substances to Schedule I of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous
Substances Law.
Present law provides for the designation of controlled dangerous substances into Schedules
I, II, III, IV, and V based upon the substances' potential for addiction and abuse.
Proposed law adds two substances to Schedule I (including mitragynine).
Present law provides for the crime of unlawful distribution of products containing Mitragyna
speciosa to a minor.
Proposed law repeals this provision of present law.
(Adds R.S. 40:964(Schedule I)(G); Repeals R.S. 40:989.3)
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