Senate Bill 347
CRIMINALIZING OVERDOSE PREVENTION SITES
Senate Bill 347 Bill Information
Description: SB 347 would criminalize the operation of clinics or establishments that knowingly provide space for individuals to use illegal controlled substances. The bill would impose significant penalties for violations, including a potential felony conviction with up to twenty years imprisonment, fines up to $500,000 for individuals (or $2 million for non-individual entities), and a civil penalty of up to $250,000.
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SB 347 would charge any clinic or establishment that provides space for anyone to "inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the person's body a controlled substance" with a felony, punishable by up to 20 years in prison and $500,000 in fines for an individual or up to $2,000,000 in fines for a clinic, organization, or other establishment.
These penalties EXCEED the statutory maximum penalties for a first-degree felony. In other words, the penalty for providing a space that can save people from deadly overdoses is more severe than the punishment for murder.
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