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Oklahoma Legislature· HB 2941Approved by Governor 05/01/2026

An act relating to fentanyl overdose and overdose reporting, the official text

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1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

3 HOUSE BILL 2941            By: Bashore

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to fentanyl overdose and overdose

    reporting; requiring first responders to report drug

8   overdose; requiring medical care before reporting;

    providing for immunity; amending 63 O.S. 2021,

9   Section 2-401, as last amended by Section 13, Chapter

    486, O.S.L. 2025 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 2-401),

10  which relates to prohibited acts; providing

    rebuttable prima facie evidence that fentanyl was the

11  proximate cause of death; providing for codification;

    and providing an effective date.

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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

16  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-2506.3 of Title 63, unless

18 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

19  A. When any first responder, as defined in section 1-2506.1 of

20 this title, responds to an incident in which the first responder

21 reasonably believes a person is experiencing or has experienced a

22 drug overdose, the first responder shall contact local law

23 enforcement as soon as practicable after attending to the medical

24 needs of the person.

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1   B. The obligation to contact law enforcement does not require

2 delay in providing medically necessary emergency care.

3   C. A first responder acting in good faith under this section

4 shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for contacting law

5 enforcement.

6   SECTION 2.      AMENDATORY         63 O.S. 2021, Section 2-401, as

7 last amended by Section 13, Chapter 486, O.S.L. 2025 (63 O.S. Supp.

8 2025, Section 2-401), is amended to read as follows:

9   Section 2-401. A. Except as authorized by the Uniform

10 Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, it shall be unlawful for any

11 person:

12  1. To distribute, dispense, transport with intent to distribute

13 or dispense, possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or

14 dispense, a controlled dangerous substance or to solicit the use of

15 or use the services of a person less than eighteen (18) years of age

16 to cultivate, distribute or dispense a controlled dangerous

17 substance;

18  2. To create, distribute, transport with intent to distribute

19 or dispense, or possess with intent to distribute, a counterfeit

20 controlled dangerous substance; or

21  3. To distribute any imitation controlled substance as defined

22 by Section 2-101 of this title, except when authorized by the Food

23 and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health

24 and Human Services.

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1   B. Any person who violates the provisions of this section with

2 respect to:

3   1. A substance classified in Schedule I or II, except for

4 marijuana, upon conviction, shall be guilty of transporting or

5 possessing with an intent to distribute a controlled dangerous

6 substance, a Class C2 felony offense, and shall be sentenced to a

7 term of imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of

8 Section 20M of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and a fine not

9 more than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), which shall be

10 in addition to other punishment provided by law and shall not be

11 imposed in lieu of other punishment. A second conviction for the

12 violation of provisions of this paragraph is a Class C2 felony

13 offense punishable by a term of imprisonment as provided for in

14 subsections B through F of Section 20M of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

15 Statutes. A third or subsequent conviction for the violation of the

16 provisions of this paragraph is a Class C2 felony offense punishable

17 by a term of imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F

18 of Section 20M of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

19  2. Any other controlled dangerous substance classified in

20 Schedule III, IV, V or marijuana, upon conviction, shall be guilty

21 of a Class D1 felony offense and shall be sentenced to a term of

22 imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

23 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes and a fine not more than

24 Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), which shall be in addition to

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1 other punishment provided by law and shall not be imposed in lieu of

2 other punishment. A second conviction for the violation of the

3 provisions of this paragraph is a Class D1 felony offense punishable

4 by a term of imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F

5 of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. A third or

6 subsequent conviction for the violation of the provisions of this

7 paragraph is a Class D1 felony offense punishable by a term of

8 imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

9 20M of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or

10  3. An imitation controlled substance as defined by Section 2-

11 101 of this title, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor

12 and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the county jail

13 for a period not more than one (1) year and a fine not more than One

14 Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). A person convicted of a second

15 violation of the provisions of this paragraph shall be guilty of a

16 Class D2 felony offense and shall be sentenced to a term of

17 imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

18 20O of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and a fine not more than

19 Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), which shall be in addition to

20 other punishment provided by law and shall not be imposed in lieu of

21 other punishment.

22  C. 1. Except when authorized by the Food and Drug

23 Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human

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1 Services, it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or

2 distribute a controlled substance or synthetic controlled substance.

3   2. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of

4 paragraph 1 of this subsection with respect to distributing a

5 controlled substance is guilty of a Class C2 felony offense and

6 shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B

7 through F of Section 20M of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and a

8 fine not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), which

9 shall be in addition to other punishment provided by law and shall

10 not be imposed in lieu of other punishment.

11  3. A second conviction for the violation of the provisions of

12 paragraph 1 of this subsection with respect to distributing a

13 controlled substance is a Class C2 felony offense punishable by

14 imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

15 20M of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. A third or subsequent

16 conviction for the violation of the provisions of this paragraph is

17 a Class C2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for

18 in subsections B through F of Section 20M of Title 21 of the

19 Oklahoma Statutes.

20  4. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of

21 paragraph 1 of this subsection with respect to manufacturing a

22 controlled substance is guilty of a Class C2 felony offense and

23 shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B

24 through F of Section 20M of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and a

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1 fine not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), which

2 shall be in addition to other punishment provided by law and shall

3 not be imposed in lieu of other punishment.

4   5. A second conviction for the violation of the provisions of

5 paragraph 1 of this subsection with respect to manufacturing a

6 controlled substance is a Class C2 felony offense punishable by

7 imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

8 20M of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. A third or subsequent

9 conviction for the violation of the provisions of this paragraph is

10 a Class C2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for

11 in subsections B through F of Section 20M of Title 21 of the

12 Oklahoma Statutes.

13  D. Convictions for violations of the provisions of this section

14 shall be subject to the statutory provisions for suspended or

15 deferred sentences, or probation as provided in Section 991a of

16 Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

17  E. Any person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age and

18 who violates the provisions of this section by using or soliciting

19 the use of services of a person less than eighteen (18) years of age

20 to distribute, dispense, transport with intent to distribute or

21 dispense or cultivate a controlled dangerous substance or by

22 distributing a controlled dangerous substance to a person under

23 eighteen (18) years of age, or in the presence of a person under

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1 twelve (12) years of age, is guilty of a Class C1 felony offense

2 punishable by:

3   1. For a first violation of this subsection, a term of

4 imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not

5 less than two (2) years nor more than ten (10) years;

6   2. For a second violation of this subsection, a term of

7 imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not

8 less than four (4) years nor more than twenty (20) years; or

9   3. For a third or subsequent violation of this subsection, a

10 term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections

11 for not less than ten (10) years nor more than life.

12  F. Any person who violates any provision of this section by

13 transporting with intent to distribute or dispense, distributing or

14 possessing with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous

15 substance to a person, or violation of subsection G of this section,

16 in or on, or within two thousand (2,000) feet of the real property

17 comprising a public or private elementary or secondary school,

18 public vocational school, public or private college or university,

19 or other institution of higher education, recreation center or

20 public park, including a state park or recreation area, public

21 housing project, or child care facility as defined by Section 402 of

22 Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be guilty of a Class C1

23 felony offense and shall be punished by:

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1   1. For a first offense, a term of imprisonment as provided for

2 in subsections B through E of Section 20L of Title 21 of the

3 Oklahoma Statutes; or

4   2. For a second or subsequent violation of this section, a term

5 of imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through E of

6 Section 20L of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by the

7 imposition of a fine, or by both, not exceeding thrice that

8 authorized by the appropriate provision of this section.

9 Convictions for second and subsequent violations of the provisions

10 of this section shall not be subject to statutory provisions of

11 suspended sentences, deferred sentences or probation.

12  G. 1. Except as authorized by the Uniform Controlled Dangerous

13 Substances Act, it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture

14 or attempt to manufacture any controlled dangerous substance or

15 possess any substance listed in Section 2-322 of this title or any

16 substance containing any detectable amount of pseudoephedrine or its

17 salts, optical isomers or salts of optical isomers, iodine or its

18 salts, optical isomers or salts of optical isomers, hydriodic acid,

19 sodium metal, lithium metal, anhydrous ammonia, phosphorus, or

20 organic solvents with the intent to use that substance to

21 manufacture a controlled dangerous substance.

22  2. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection with

23 respect to the unlawful manufacturing or attempting to unlawfully

24 manufacture any controlled dangerous substance, possessing any

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1 substance listed in this subsection or Section 2-322 of this title,

2 or combining fentanyl with any other controlled dangerous substance,

3 upon conviction, is guilty of a Class A2 felony offense and shall be

4 punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of

5 Corrections for not less than seven (7) years nor more than life and

6 by a fine not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), which

7 shall be in addition to other punishment provided by law and shall

8 not be imposed in lieu of other punishment. The possession of any

9 amount of anhydrous ammonia in an unauthorized container shall be

10 prima facie evidence of intent to use such substance to manufacture

11 a controlled dangerous substance.

12  3. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection with

13 respect to the unlawful manufacturing or attempting to unlawfully

14 manufacture any controlled dangerous substance in the following

15 amounts:

16           a. one (1) kilogram or more of a mixture or substance

17           containing a detectable amount of heroin,

18           b. five (5) kilograms or more of a mixture or substance

19           containing a detectable amount of:

20           (1) coca leaves, except coca leaves and extracts of

21                  coca leaves from which cocaine, ecgonine, and

22                  derivatives of ecgonine or their salts have been

23                  removed,

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1   (2) cocaine, its salts, optical and geometric

2                   isomers, and salts of isomers,

3   (3) ecgonine, its derivatives, their salts, isomers,

4                   and salts of isomers, or

5   (4) any compound, mixture, or preparation which

6                   contains any quantity of any of the substances

7                   referred to in divisions (1) through (3) of this

8                   subparagraph,

9   c. fifty (50) grams or more of a mixture or substance

10  described in division (2) of subparagraph b of this

11  paragraph which contains cocaine base,

12  d. one hundred (100) grams or more of phencyclidine (PCP)

13  or one (1) kilogram or more of a mixture or substance

14  containing a detectable amount of phencyclidine (PCP),

15  e. ten (10) grams or more of a mixture or substance

16  containing a detectable amount of lysergic acid

17  diethylamide (LSD),

18  f. four hundred (400) grams or more of a mixture or

19  substance containing a detectable amount of N-phenyl-

20  N-[1-(2-pheylethy)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide or 100

21  grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a

22  detectable amount of any analogue of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-

23  phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide,

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1   g. one thousand (1,000) kilograms or more of a mixture or

2               substance containing a detectable amount of marijuana

3               or one thousand (1,000) or more marijuana plants

4               regardless of weight,

5   h. fifty (50) grams or more of methamphetamine, its

6               salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers or five

7               hundred (500) grams or more of a mixture or substance

8               containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, its

9               salts, isomers, or salts of its isomers, or

10  i. ten (10) grams or more of a mixture or substance

11              containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, its

12              analogs, or derivatives,

13 upon conviction, is guilty of aggravated manufacturing of a

14 controlled dangerous substance, a Class A1 felony offense,

15 punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of

16 Corrections for not less than twenty (20) years nor more than life

17 and by a fine not less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00),

18 which shall be in addition to other punishment provided by law and

19 shall not be imposed in lieu of other punishment. Any person

20 convicted of a violation of the provisions of this paragraph shall

21 be required to serve a minimum of eighty-five percent (85%) of the

22 sentence received prior to becoming eligible for state correctional

23 earned credits towards the completion of the sentence or eligible

24 for parole.

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1   4. Any sentence to the custody of the Department of Corrections

2 for any violation of paragraph 3 of this subsection shall not be

3 subject to statutory provisions for suspended sentences, deferred

4 sentences, or probation. A person convicted of a second or

5 subsequent violation of the provisions of paragraph 3 of this

6 subsection shall be punished as a habitual offender pursuant to

7 Section 51.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes and shall be

8 required to serve a minimum of eighty-five percent (85%) of the

9 sentence received prior to becoming eligible for state correctional

10 earned credits or eligibility for parole.

11  5. Any person who has been convicted of manufacturing or

12 attempting to manufacture methamphetamine pursuant to the provisions

13 of this subsection and who, after such conviction, purchases or

14 attempts to purchase, receive or otherwise acquire any product,

15 mixture, or preparation containing any detectable quantity of base

16 pseudoephedrine or ephedrine shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a

17 Class B3 felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of

18 the Department of Corrections for a term in the range of twice the

19 minimum term provided for in paragraph 2 of this subsection.

20  H. In any investigation or prosecution involving a fatal

21 overdose, the presence of fentanyl, a fentanyl analogue, or any

22 mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl in

23 the decedent's blood, tissue, or post-mortem toxicology shall

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1 constitute rebuttable prima facie evidence that fentanyl was the

2 proximate cause of death.

3   I. Any person convicted of any offense described in the Uniform

4 Controlled Dangerous Substances Act may, in addition to the fine

5 imposed, be assessed an amount not to exceed ten percent (10%) of

6 the fine imposed. Such assessment shall be paid into a revolving

7 fund for enforcement of controlled dangerous substances created

8 pursuant to Section 2-506 of this title.

9   I. J. Any person convicted of any offense described in this

10 section shall, in addition to any fine imposed, pay a special

11 assessment trauma-care fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to be

12 deposited into the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund created in

13 Section 1-2530.9 of this title.

14  J. K. For purposes of this section, "public housing project"

15 means any dwelling or accommodations operated as a state or

16 federally subsidized multifamily housing project by any housing

17 authority, nonprofit corporation or municipal developer or housing

18 projects created pursuant to the Oklahoma Housing Authorities Act.

19  K. L. When a person is found guilty of a violation of the

20 provisions of this section, the court shall order, in addition to

21 any other penalty, the defendant to pay a one-hundred-dollar

22 assessment to be deposited in the Drug Abuse Education and Treatment

23 Revolving Fund created in Section 2-503.2 of this title, upon

24 collection.

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1   L. M. Any person convicted of a second or subsequent felony

2 violation of the provisions of this section, except for paragraphs 1

3 and 2 of subsection B of this section, paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 of

4 subsection C of this section, paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of subsection E

5 of this section and paragraphs 1 and 2 of subsection F of this

6 section, shall be punished as a habitual offender pursuant to

7 Section 51.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

8   SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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