House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 9, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 916.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H827):Article 1, Section 8, The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation legislation adds the distribution of fentanyl, and fentanyl-analogs, resulting in death to the felony murder statute.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 199 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 916, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/916
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Brian Mast (R-FL), James Moylan (R-GU), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Bill Posey (R-FL), David Rouzer (R-NC), George Santos (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.