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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1263H.P. 838House of Representatives, March 25, 2025
An Act Regarding Penalties for Fentanyl Trafficking When That
Trafficking Results in an Overdose Causing Serious Bodily Injury of
a Person
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative POIRIER of Skowhegan.
Cosponsored by Senator FARRIN of Somerset and
Representatives: ARDELL of Monticello, HAGGAN of Hampden, NUTTING of Oakland,
SOBOLESKI of Phillips, WADSWORTH of Hiram, WHITE of Guilford, Senator: HAGGAN
of Penobscot. Page 1 - 132LR1313(01)
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2 as amended by PL 2017, c. 460, Pt. F,
3 ยง2, is further amended to read:
4 L. Serious bodily injury of another person is in fact caused by the use of one or more
5 scheduled drugs, the scheduled drug trafficked by the defendant is a contributing factor
6 to the serious bodily injury of the other person and that drug is a schedule W drug. A
7 violation of this paragraph is a Class B crime; or
8 is enacted to read:
9 L-1. Serious bodily injury of another person resulting from an overdose is in fact
10 caused by the use of fentanyl powder and the fentanyl powder trafficked by the
11 defendant is a contributing factor of the serious bodily injury of the other person
12 resulting from the overdose. A violation of this paragraph is a Class A crime; or
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14 This bill creates a Class A crime of aggravated trafficking in a scheduled drug for when
15 serious bodily injury of another person resulting from an overdose is caused by the use of
16 fentanyl powder and the fentanyl powder trafficked by the defendant is a contributing factor
17 of the serious bodily injury resulting from the overdose.
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