HCSHBs2576&1433--TRAFFICKINGOFDRUGS(Casteel)
COMMITTEEOFORIGIN:StandingCommitteeonCrimePreventionand
PublicSafety
Thisbillamendstheoffensesofdrugtraffickinginthefirst
degreeanddrugtraffickingintheseconddegree.
Currently,traffickingdrugsinthefirstdegreeisaclassB
felonyifthepersonknowinglydistributes,delivers,manufactures,
orproduces,orattemptstodistribute,deliver,manufacture,or
producemorethan10milligramsoffentanyl. ItisaclassA
felonyiftheamountis20milligramsormore.
TraffickingdrugsintheseconddegreeisaclassCfelonyifthe
personknowinglypossessesorhasunderhisorhercontrol,
purchasesorattemptstopurchase,orbringsintothisStatemore
than10milligramsoffentanyl,andisaclassBfelonyifthe
amountis20milligramsormore.
Thisbillamendsthequantitiesoffentanylfortheoffenseof
traffickingofdrugs,inthefirstandseconddegree,asfollows:
(1)DrugtraffickinginthefirstdegreeisaclassBfelonyfor
morethanthreebutlessthan14milligramsoffentanyl;
(2)DrugtraffickinginthefirstdegreeisaclassAfelonyfor
morethan14milligramsoffentanyl;
(3)DrugtraffickingintheseconddegreeisaclassCfelonyfor
morethanthreebutlessthan14milligramsoffentanyl;
(4)DrugtraffickingintheseconddegreeisaclassBfelonyfor
morethan14milligramsoffentanyl.
Undertheoffenseoftraffickingdrugsinthefirstdegree,
traffickinganyamountofcarfentanilupto.05milligramsisa
classBfelony,andtraffickingmorethan.05milligramsisaclass
Afelony.Undertheoffenseoftraffickingdrugsinthesecond
degree,traffickinganyamountofcarfentanilupto.05milligrams
isaclassCfelony,andtraffickingmorethan.05milligramsisa
classBfelony.