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3EA91A1605BE66BB87258832007D86A2 Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB22-1326

SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Date Apr 28, 2022      
Location SCR 352



HB22-1326 - Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations


04:51:06 PM  

Senators Cooke and Pettersen, co-prime sponors, returned to the committee for consideration of amendments on House Bill 22-1326, concerning fentanyl accountability and prevention.  The bill was first heard in Senate Judiciary on April 26, 2022. 

Senator Cooke distributed and explained Amendment L.163 about a social media study (Attachment A). 

Committee members asked questions about the study. 



05:40:07 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.163 (Attachment A)
Moved Cooke
Seconded
Cooke
Gardner
Rodriguez
Gonzales
Lee
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
05:40:08 PM  

Senator Pettersen distributed and explained Amendment L.164 regarding pharmacies (Attachment B). 



05:40:46 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.164 (Attachment B)
Moved Gonzales
Seconded
Cooke
Gardner
Rodriguez
Gonzales
Lee
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
05:41:07 PM  

Senator Pettersen distributed and explained Amendment L.165 which includes clean-up language regarding Food and Drug Administration approval (Attachment C). 



05:41:33 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.165 (Attachment C)
Moved Gonzales
Seconded
Cooke
Gardner
Rodriguez
Gonzales
Lee
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
05:41:52 PM  

Senator Pettersen distributed and explained Amendment L.170 that updates certain language in the bill for consistency (Attachment D). 



05:42:24 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.170 (Attachment D)
Moved Gonzales
Seconded
Cooke
Gardner
Rodriguez
Gonzales
Lee
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
05:42:42 PM  

Senator Cooke distributed and explained Amendment L.178 that allows for the addition of potential other potent drugs (Attachment E). 



05:43:42 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.178 (Attachment E)
Moved Cooke
Seconded
Cooke
Gardner
Rodriguez
Gonzales
Lee
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
05:44:02 PM  

Senator Cooke distributed and explained Amendment L.187 about carfentanal (Attachment F). 



05:44:48 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.187 (Attachment F)
Moved Cooke
Seconded
Cooke
Gardner
Rodriguez
Gonzales
Lee
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
05:45:08 PM  

Senator Cooke distributed and explained Amendment L.188 about opiod or opiate terminology (Attachment G). 

Senator Cooke subsequently withdrew the amendment.



05:56:10 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.188 (Attachment G)
Moved Cooke
Seconded
Cooke
Gardner
Rodriguez
Gonzales
Lee
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Withdrawn
05:56:45 PM  

Senator Pettersen distributed and explained Amendment L. 189 which concerns duplicate language in addition to studies about fentanyl (Attachment H).

Jacob Baus, Office of Legislative Legal Services, discussed the amendment in greater detail. 

Committee members asked questions about the studies, as oulined in the amendment. 

 

 



06:06:54 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.189 (Attachment H)
Moved Gonzales
Seconded
Cooke
Gardner
Rodriguez
Gonzales
Lee
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
06:07:26 PM  

Senator Pettersen distributed and explained Amendment L.190 about community corrections and medical detox providers (Attachment I).



06:07:59 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.190 (Attachment I)
Moved Gonzales
Seconded
Cooke
Gardner
Rodriguez
Gonzales
Lee
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
06:08:21 PM  

Senator Pettersen distributed and explained Amendment L.192 regarding a post-enactment review  (Attachment J ). 



06:11:41 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.192 (Attachment J)
Moved Gonzales
Seconded
Cooke
Gardner
Rodriguez
Gonzales
Lee
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
06:11:55 PM  

Senator Pettersen distributed and explained Amendment L.193 regarding an overdose prevention review committee (Attachment K).

Committee members asked questions about the necessity of a review committee. 

Senator Rodriguez withdrew the motion for this amendment. 



06:55:00 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.193 (Attachment K)
Moved Rodriguez
Seconded
Cooke
Gardner
Rodriguez
Gonzales
Lee
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Withdrawn
06:55:25 PM  

Senator Pettersen distributed and explained Amendment L.195 to update language for consistency (Attachment L).



06:56:06 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.195 (Attachment L)
Moved Cooke
Seconded
Cooke
Gardner
Rodriguez
Gonzales
Lee
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
06:56:31 PM  

Senator Pettersen distributed and explained Amendment L.196 regarding medically assisted treatment in the jails (Attachment M). 

A conceptual amendment to L.196 was suggested to delete lines 13 and 14.  .



06:59:47 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.196 (Attachment M)
Moved Cooke
Seconded
Cooke
Gardner
Rodriguez
Gonzales
Lee
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection


07:06:45 PM
Motion Adopt conceptual amendment to Amendment L.196 by deleting lines 13 and 14
Moved Cooke
Seconded
Cooke No
Gardner No
Rodriguez No
Gonzales Yes
Lee No
YES: 1   NO: 4   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  FAIL
07:06:46 PM  

Senator Cooke distributed and explained Amendment L. 197 about law enforcement investigations of overdoses (Attachment N).



07:07:22 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.197 (Attachment N)
Moved Cooke
Seconded
Cooke Yes
Gardner Yes
Rodriguez Yes
Gonzales No
Lee Yes
YES: 4   NO: 1   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS
07:07:42 PM  

Senator Cooke distributed and explained Amendment  L.198 about a mapping application (Attachment O).  

Committee members asked questions about the amendment and regulatory authority over local law enforcement agencies. 

 

 



07:13:59 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.198 (Attachment O)
Moved Cooke
Seconded
Cooke
Gardner
Rodriguez
Gonzales
Lee
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
07:14:00 PM  

Senator Pettersen distributed and explained Amendment L.199, which is a redraft of the overdose prevention review committee considered in a previously withdrawn amendment (Attachment P). 

Committee members asked questions about the review committee. 

 

 



07:17:45 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.199 (Attachment P)
Moved Cooke
Seconded
Cooke
Gardner
Rodriguez
Gonzales
Lee
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
07:18:51 PM  

Senato Gardner distributed and explained Amendment L.176, which makes possession of any amount of fentanyl a felony (Attachment Q). 



07:35:12 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.176 (Attachment Q)
Moved Gardner
Seconded
Cooke Yes
Gardner Yes
Rodriguez No
Gonzales No
Lee No
YES: 2   NO: 3   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  FAIL
07:35:32 PM  

Senator Gardner distributed and explained Amendment  L.179, which makes changes to the mens rea and strikes "knowingly" possess (Atachment R). 

Mr. Baus answered questions about the amendment. 

 

 



07:40:32 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.179 (Attachment R)
Moved Gardner
Seconded
Cooke Yes
Gardner Yes
Rodriguez No
Gonzales No
Lee No
YES: 2   NO: 3   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  FAIL
07:40:54 PM  

Senator Gardner distributed and explained Amendment  L.180 which strikes the repeal date (Attachment S). 



07:42:59 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.180 (Attachment S)
Moved Gardner
Seconded
Cooke Yes
Gardner Yes
Rodriguez No
Gonzales No
Lee No
YES: 2   NO: 3   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  FAIL
07:43:16 PM  

Senator Gardner distributed and explained Amendment L.181  which requires prison time for any amount of fentanyl resulting in death (Attachment T). 



07:49:51 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.181 (Attachment T)
Moved Gardner
Seconded
Cooke Yes
Gardner Yes
Rodriguez No
Gonzales No
Lee No
YES: 2   NO: 3   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  FAIL
07:50:13 PM  

Senator Gardner distributed and explained Amendment L.194 that removes the Good Samaratan provision (Attachment U). 



07:51:06 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.194 (Attachment U)
Moved Gardner
Seconded
Cooke Yes
Gardner Yes
Rodriguez No
Gonzales No
Lee No
YES: 2   NO: 3   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  FAIL
07:52:12 PM  

The bill sponsors gave closing remarks.

Committee members explained their positions in support of, or in opposition to, the bill. 

 

 



08:05:48 PM
Motion Refer House Bill 22-1326, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Cooke
Seconded
Cooke Yes
Gardner No
Rodriguez Yes
Gonzales No
Lee Yes
Final YES: 3   NO: 2   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS






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