ON APRIL 11, 2024, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2229, AS AMENDED.
AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, make the changes below to the law regarding criminal offenses and penalties for drugs.
Present law requires a violation of the law regarding criminal offenses and penalties for drugs or a conspiracy to violate the law regarding criminal offenses and penalties for drugs where the recipient or the intended recipient of the controlled substance is under 18 to be punished one classification higher.
This amendment adds to the present law by requiring a violation of the law regarding criminal offenses and penalties for drugs or a conspiracy to violate the law regarding criminal offenses and penalties for drugs to be punished as second degree murder if the substance involved is fentanyl or carfentanyl, or any analogue or derivative thereof, either alone or in combination with any substance scheduled as a controlled substance by the Tennessee Drug Control Act of 1989, including controlled substance analogues, and the violation resulted in the death of another person.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 39-17-429(b), 39-17-429