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AB-955 Controlled substances.(2023-2024)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 11351.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

11351.7.
 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, every person who sells fentanyl on a social media platform in California shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for a period of three, six, or nine years.
(b) For the purposes of this section and Section 11351.9, “social media platform” means a public-facing internet website, internet application, or mobile internet application, such as a social network, search engine, or email service, with at least 30,000,000 active monthly users in the United States.
SEC. 2.
 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.