The record
Legislation· Feb 2025
Legislation· Feb 2025HR 27 Passed House — in Senate
Sponsored by H. Morgan Griffith (R)
HALT Fentanyl Act
Permanently adds fentanyl-related substances to federal drug schedule I, triggering the same penalties as fentanyl.
Tradeoff
Expands criminal penalties for fentanyl-related drugs and streamlines research registration for certain government-funded fentanyl studies. No budget impact cited.
What's in it
The House passed this 312-108 on February 6, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(Jan 3, 2025)
House
Committee on Energy and Commerce(Jan 3, 2025)
The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.
House
Passage of the bill
Passed(Roll #33 · Feb 6, 2025)
312 yeanay 108Senate
Received from the House
on the Judiciary(Feb 10, 2025)
- Robert E. Latta (R-OH)
- Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL)
- Richard Hudson (R-NC)
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA)
- Gary J. Palmer (R-AL)
- Neal P. Dunn (R-FL)
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
- John Joyce (R-PA)
- August Pfluger (R-TX)
- Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
- Kat Cammack (R-FL)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)
- Steve Womack (R-AR)
- Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
- Carol D. Miller (R-WV)
- John R. Moolenaar (R-MI)
- Mike Bost (R-IL)
- Gabe Evans (R-CO)
- Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI)
- Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY)
- Ben Cline (R-VA)
- Daniel Meuser (R-PA)
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
- Randy Feenstra (R-IA)
- Zachary Nunn (R-IA)
- Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ)
- Pete Stauber (R-MN)
- Ann Wagner (R-MO)
- Troy Balderson (R-OH)
- Clay Higgins (R-LA)
- Jake Ellzey (R-TX)
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN)
- Russell Fry (R-SC)
- Erin Houchin (R-IN)
- Harold Rogers (R-KY)
- Jay Obernolte (R-CA)
- Daniel Webster (R-FL)
- Tim Burchett (R-TN)
- Austin Scott (R-GA)
- Tim Walberg (R-MI)
- Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)
- Robert J. Wittman (R-VA)
- Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC)
- Scott Franklin (R-FL)
- Michael Baumgartner (R-WA)
- Patrick Ryan (D-NY)
- Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY)
- J. French Hill (R-AR)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
- Riley Moore (R-WV)
- Mike Haridopolos (R-FL)
- Mark Messmer (R-IN)
- Julie Fedorchak (R-ND)
- Craig Goldman (R-TX)
- Andy Barr (R-KY)
- Kevin Kiley (R-CA)
- John McGuire (R-VA)
- Nicholas Begich (R-AK)
Passage votes so far· Feb 6, 2025· 119th Congress · 2025–2027