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HB 8 Original 2024 Second Extraordinary Session Schlegel
Abstract: Prohibits the distribution of fentanyl to minors.
Proposed law provides that any person who violates the provisions of present law (R.S. 40:967(A))
in a manner where there is reasonable appeal to a minor due to the shape, color, taste, or design of
the fentanyl or the fentanyl's packaging shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than 25 years
nor more than 99 years without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.
Proposed law defines the terms "fentanyl" and "reasonable appeal".
(Adds R.S. 40:967.1)