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| 1 | 1 | BILL AS INTRODUCED S.147 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2025 Page 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | VT LEG #381879 v.1 | |
| 6 | 6 | S.147 1 | |
| 7 | 7 | Introduced by Senator Douglass 2 | |
| 8 | 8 | Referred to Committee on 3 | |
| 9 | 9 | Date: 4 | |
| 10 | 10 | Subject: Regulated drugs; purchase of drugs from a person under 21 years of 5 | |
| 11 | 11 | age 6 | |
| 12 | 12 | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to create a new 7 | |
| 13 | 13 | crime of purchasing a regulated drug from a person under 21 years of age. 8 | |
| 14 | 14 | An act relating to purchasing drugs from a person under 21 years of age 9 | |
| 15 | 15 | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 10 | |
| 16 | 16 | Sec. 1. 18 V.S.A. § 4237a is added to read: 11 | |
| 17 | 17 | § 4237a. PURCHASING DRUGS FROM A PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS 12 | |
| 18 | 18 | OF AGE 13 | |
| 19 | 19 | No person shall knowingly and unlawfully purchase a regulated drug from a 14 | |
| 20 | 20 | person under 21 years of age. A person who violates this section shall be 15 | |
| 21 | 21 | sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than one year and not more 16 | |
| 22 | 22 | than five years in addition to any other penalty provided by law. 17 | |
| 23 | 23 | Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 18 | |
| 24 | 24 | This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025. 19 |