Legislation· May 2023Sponsored by H. Morgan Griffith (R)
HALT Fentanyl Act
Would have permanently made all fentanyl-related drugs illegal as a class, with analogue-level prison terms.
Tradeoff
Would have placed fentanyl-related drugs in the strictest federal drug category. Would have matched their penalties to fentanyl analogues, with 10-year minimums at 100 grams.
What's in it
The House passed this 289-133 on May 25, 2023. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended, so the bill expired.
House
Introduced
(Jan 24, 2023)
House
Committee on Energy and Commerce(Jan 24, 2023)
The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.
House
The Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to send it to the floor
Reported 27 - 19(Mar 24, 2023)
Committee report H. Rept. 118-67, Part I.
House
Passage of the bill
Passed(Roll #237 · May 25, 2023)
289 yeanay 133Senate
Received from the House
on the Judiciary(May 30, 2023)
- Robert E. Latta (R-OH)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
- Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL)
- Larry Bucshon (R-IN)
- Richard Hudson (R-NC)
- Michael C. Burgess (R-TX)
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA)
- Jeff Duncan (R-SC)
- Neal P. Dunn (R-FL)
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
- John Joyce (R-PA)
- Troy Balderson (R-OH)
- Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)
- Kat Cammack (R-FL)
- Rick W. Allen (R-GA)
- Tim Walberg (R-MI)
- John R. Curtis (R-UT)
- Gary J. Palmer (R-AL)
- Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
- Jim Banks (R-IN)
- Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI)
- Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV)
- August Pfluger (R-TX)
- Kelly Armstrong (R-ND)
- Greg Pence (R-IN)
- Austin Scott (R-GA)
- Jay Obernolte (R-CA)
- Steve Womack (R-AR)
- Chuck Edwards (R-NC)
- Brad Finstad (R-MN)
- Jerry L. Carl (R-AL)
- Debbie Lesko (R-AZ)
- Mike Garcia (R-CA)
- Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ)
- Ben Cline (R-VA)
- Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK)
- John R. Carter (R-TX)
- John R. Moolenaar (R-MI)
- Harold Rogers (R-KY)
- Aaron Bean (R-FL)
- Daniel Meuser (R-PA)
- Mike Bost (R-IL)
- Andy Barr (R-KY)
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
- Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY)
- Carol D. Miller (R-WV)
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR)
- Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
- Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY)
- Tim Burchett (R-TN)
Passage votes· May 25, 2023· 118th Congress · 2023–2025