SB467 Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses and establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting.
Relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses and establishing a mandatory minimum sentence for the crime of distribution of a controlled drug with death resulting.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Concerning
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
Mandatory minimums increase incarceration costs. Imprisoning more people for longer is expensive for taxpayers.
Your Community
May deter some dealers but evidence shows mandatory minimums are ineffective at reducing drug distribution and can worsen the crisis.
Your Freedom
Mandatory minimum sentences remove judicial discretion and can lead to unjust outcomes, particularly for low-level offenders.
Status
Refer for Interim Study: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 04/23/2026 House Journal 11
Voted Yes
0 R
Voted No
0 R
Sponsor
William Gannon (R)
The Short Version
Would increase penalties for fentanyl offenses and create mandatory minimum sentences for drug distribution resulting in death. Targets dealers but mandatory minimums have been widely criticized for failing to deter drug crime and disproportionately impacting communities of color.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Prosecutors seeking tougher tools against fentanyl dealers
- ▲ Families who have lost loved ones to fentanyl overdoses
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Taxpayers bearing higher incarceration costs
- ▼ Low-level offenders caught in mandatory minimum schemes
- ▼ People struggling with addiction who share drugs
Roll Call Detail (1 vote)
Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.
Who actually supports this bill?
Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 16 for ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 8 against ) .
"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.
YES = Pass the bill. NO = Reject the bill.
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Voted Yea (16)
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