SACRAMENTO – Senator Kelly Seyarto (R-Murrieta) announces that SB 432 has cleared its first legislative hurdle, passing through the Senate Public Safety Committee with bipartisan support. The bill would classify furnishing fentanyl to a minor as a serious felony, making offenders ineligible for plea bargaining or probation, and subject to a five-year sentence enhancement.With fentanyl involved in 80% of drug-induced deaths among 14- to 23-year-olds in 2021, the urgency to address this crisis is clear. DEA testing in 2024 found that half of seized counterfeit pills contained a lethal dose of fentanyl, further underscoring the threat to school-aged children.“By now, we’re all aware of the devastating impact fentanyl is having across California, often taking the lives of people
