Bill > HB2175

This bill creates new criminal penalties for possessing, purchasing, making, delivering, or selling specific equipment used in drug manufacturing, specifically tableting machines, encapsulating machines, and controlled substance counterfeiting materials. The bill defines these specialized machines as equipment that can compact, compress, or fill capsules with powdered or granular substances to produce solid tablets or capsules. Under the proposed law, anyone who possesses such equipment, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe it will be used to manufacture controlled substances or counterfeit drugs, would commit a Class C felony. When sentencing, courts must use crime category 6 of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission's sentencing guidelines and determine the sentence based on the defendant's criminal history. The bill also removes existing language about manufacturing counterfeit substance equipment from another section of Oregon law. Additionally, the bill includes a standard effective date provision, specifying that it will take effect 91 days after the 2025 regular legislative session adjourns sine die (a legal term meaning "without setting a day for a further meeting"). The maximum penalty for violating this law would be five years in prison, a $125,000 fine, or both.

Health and Social Services, Justice

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2175