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GA HB1326

Bill

Status

Passed

4/22/2024

Primary Sponsor

Ron Stephens

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Origin

House of Representatives

2023-2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds six substances to Schedule I controlled substances: clonazolam, cumyl-pegaclone, diclazepam, etizolam, flualprazolam, and flubromazolam (designer benzodiazepines and synthetic cannabinoids)

  • Adds numerous anabolic steroids and steroid precursors to Schedule III controlled substances, including androstanedione, bolandiol, tetrahydrogestrinone, trendione, and dozens of other compounds, while correcting the spelling of dehydrochloromethyltestosterone

  • Adds zuranolone to Schedule IV controlled substances and removes etizolam from Schedule IV (as it is moved to Schedule I)

  • Adds approximately 75 new pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and biologic products to the state's dangerous drug list, including chikungunya vaccine, respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, dengue tetravalent vaccine, and various cancer and gene therapies

  • Expands naloxone's exemption from dangerous drug restrictions by removing the requirement that it be supplied only by a dispenser or licensed distributor/wholesaler, and exempts norgestrel 0.075 mg tablets used for pregnancy prevention from the dangerous drug definition

  • Effective upon the Governor's approval or upon becoming law without such approval

Legislative Description

Crimes and offenses; Schedule I, Schedule III, and Schedule IV controlled substances; provide certain provisions

Last Action

Effective Date 2024-04-22

4/22/2024

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services3/4/2024
Health2/21/2024

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