| SACRAMENTO –This afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Brian W. Jones(R-San Diego) and members of the California Senate Republican Caucus will speak on real solutions to combat the fentanyl crisis. Meanwhile legislative Democrats consistently choose to side with deadly drug dealers over victims and their families. Click here to watch the Senate Floor session which begins at 2:00P.M.
Multiple fentanyl-related measures have been introduced in the Senate, but four radical Democrats who serve on the Senate Public Safety Committee have blocked any real meaningful action on the fight against the fentanyl crisis.
Below is a list of Republican measures that have been rejected by radical Democrats in the Senate Public Safety Committee:
- Senate Bill 44, a bipartisan measure introduced by Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R-Yucaipa) and Senator Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) with more than 20 Senate co-authors was struck down twice by four Democrats on the Senate Public Safety Committee – once on March 28th and again when an amended version of the bill was killed on April 25th. SB 44 simply would ensure fentanyl dealers are fully aware of the consequences of selling this lethal drug and help hold them accountable. Specifically, the measure requires courts to advise individuals convicted of fentanyl sales and manufacturing-related offenses that subsequent offenses could result in a charge of voluntary manslaughter or murder.
- Senate Bill 237 (Grove) would increase penalties for any person who possesses fentanyl for sale or purchase for sale by two years (to 4, 5, or 6 years), transport, sale, and distribution by four years (to 7, 8, or 9 years), and trafficking by four years (to 7, 10, or 13 years).
- Senate Bill 325 (Grove) would add penalties of 3, 4, or 5 years of additional punishment for the buying, selling, and transporting of “rainbow” fentanyl.
- Senate Bill 62 (Nguyen) would add fentanyl to the list of controlled substances (currently heroin, cocaine base, and cocaine), which are eligible for an additional prison term (i.e. a sentence enhancement) ranging from three to twenty-five years based on the volume of the controlled substance.
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