The Senate Appropriations Committee is anticipated to assessment the invoice Friday morning.
DENVER — A Senate panel on Thursday night narrowly authorized what policymakers hope is a sturdy response to Colorado’s spiraling fentanyl disaster.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted, 3-2, to advance House Bill 1326, after reviewing 19 amendments for a number of hours.
The measure is the Basic Meeting’s sweeping try to confront deadly overdoses, which have surged nationwide over the previous a number of years, as fentanyl, which is stronger than heroin and deadly in small doses, grew to become an more and more dominant presence within the illicit drug market.
Greater than 800 Coloradans died after ingesting fentanyl in 2021, in accordance with state knowledge. That represents a roughly 50% improve from 2020 and greater than triple the variety of deaths from 2019.
The panel’s slim vote mirrored the conflict of techniques and beliefs that got here into full view quickly after legislators unveiled the measure. Lawmakers have since struggled to discover a compromise that regulation enforcement officers and advocates of non-criminal intervention can rally behind.
The break up within the committee was bipartisan — Sens. John Cooke, R-Greeley, Robert Rodriguez, D-Denver and committee chair Pete Lee, D-Colorado Springs, voted in favor, whereas Sens. Bob Gardner, R-Colorado Springs, and vice-chair Julie Gonzales, D-Denver, voted no, albeit for very completely different causes.
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