HB 471 -- DRUG TRAFFICKING

CO-SPONSORS:  Jolly, Johnson (90), Willoughby, Kelly (36),
Hampton, Britt, Hosmer, Harding

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Criminal
Law by a vote of 13 to 0.

This bill adds distributing or delivering more than 30 grams of
any compound which contains any quantity of 3,4--
methylenedioxymethamphetamine (commonly known as Ecstasy) to the
crime of trafficking in drugs in the first degree.  If the
quantity involved is between 30 and 90 grams, it is a class A
felony.  If the quantity is 90 grams or more, or is 30 grams or
more and the offense occurred in certain listed locations, it is
a class A felony without the possibility of probation or
parole.  The bill also adds possessing or purchasing more than
30 grams of any compound which contains any quantity of 3,4--
methylenedioxymethamphetamine to the crime of trafficking in
drugs in the second degree.  If the quantity involved is between
30 and 90 grams, it is a class B felony.  If the quantity
involved is between 90 and 450 grams, it is a class A felony.
If the quantity involved is more than 450 grams, it is a class A
felony without the possibility of probation or parole.

FISCAL NOTE:  Cost to General Revenue Fund is Unknown in FY
2002, FY 2003, and FY 2004.  Expected to exceed $100,000 in any
given fiscal year.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill is necessary to ensure
that the rapid spread of "ecstasy," which is currently in urban
areas and is spreading elsewhere, is curbed by allowing the law
to incorporate this new drug into existing trafficking statutes.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Jolly; Kansas City
Metropolitan Drug Task Force; and Association of Community Task
Forces (ACT Missouri).

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Greg Linhares, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated November 26, 2001 at 11:44 am