HB622 • 2025

An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, further providing for prohibited acts and penalties.

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Sponsor: HEFFLEY
Last action: 2025-02-20
Official status: Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 20, 2025
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, further providing for prohibited acts and penalties.

What This Bill Does

An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, further providing for prohibited acts and penalties.

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Bill History

2025-02-20 JUDICIARY
Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 20, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, further providing for prohibited acts and penalties.

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PRINTER'S NO. 633
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 622
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY HEFFLEY, SCHMITT, KUZMA, COOK, SMITH, WATRO, JAMES
AND ZIMMERMAN, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), entitled
"An act relating to the manufacture, sale and possession of
controlled substances, other drugs, devices and cosmetics;
conferring powers on the courts and the secretary and
Department of Health, and a newly created Pennsylvania Drug,
Device and Cosmetic Board; establishing schedules of
controlled substances; providing penalties; requiring
registration of persons engaged in the drug trade and for the
revocation or suspension of certain licenses and
registrations; and repealing an act," further providing for
prohibited acts and penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 13(f) introductory paragraph of the act
of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled
Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, is amended and the
section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 13. Prohibited Acts; Penalties.--* * *
(f) [Any] Except as provided in subsection (f.1), any person
who violates clause (12), (14) or (30) of subsection (a) with
respect to:
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(f.1) An individual who knowingly or intentionally violates
clause (12), (14) or (30) of subsection (a) with respect to
fentanyl or an analogue of fentanyl, or a controlled substance
or counterfeit substance containing a trace of fentanyl or an
analogue of fentanyl, is guilty of a felony and upon conviction
thereof shall be sentenced to imprisonment not exceeding twenty
years, or to pay a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand
dollars ($500,000), or both.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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