North Carolina 2025 Session Status: In Committee 3 R cosponsors

SB 450 — Novel Opioid Control Act of 2025.

Last action — Passed 1st Reading

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 24, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

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Prognosis

Stalled 20% · moderate confidence

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    2 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 R).

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

13 added · 14 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Senate Bill 450, certain technical language was removed, streamlining the provisions related to research practices involving specific chemical groups. This change simplifies the wording, making it clearer and easier to understand for all parties involved. It matters because clearer language can help ensure better compliance and understanding among researchers and regulatory bodies, ultimately supporting more effective scientific work.

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FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA Mar 24, 2025 S.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 450 Short Title:
450 SESSION 2025 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS15191-NI-1A Short Title:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO UPDATE THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 25, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO UPDATE THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.
*DRS15191-NI-1A* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 rrrr.
*S450-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 rrrr.
Page 2 DRS15191-NI-1A General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 "(1b) Nitazene derivatives.
Page 2 Senate Bill 450-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 "(1b) Nitazene derivatives.
– The N-substituted benzimidazole structural class, including any of the following derivatives, their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers unless specifically utilized as part of the manufacturing process by a commercial industry of a substance or material not intended for human ingestion or consumption, as a prescription administered under medical supervision, orforresearchat a recognized institution, wheneverthe existence of these salts, isomers, or salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemicaldesignationorunlessspecificallyexceptedorlistedinthisoranother schedule, structurally derived from benzimidazole by substitution at the 1-position nitrogen with an ethylamine group, and by substitution at the 2-position carbon with a benzyl group, whether or not the compound is further modified in any of the following ways:
– The N-substituted benzimidazole structural class, including any of the following derivatives, their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers unless specifically utilized as part of the manufacturing process by a commercial industry of a substance or material not intended for human ingestion or consumption, as a prescription administered under medical supervision, orforresearchat a recognizedinstitution, wheneverthe existence of these salts, isomers, or salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemicaldesignationorunlessspecificallyexceptedorlistedinthisoranother schedule, structurally derived from benzimidazole by substitution at the 1-position nitrogen with an ethylamine group, and by substitution at the 2-position carbon with a benzyl group, whether or not the compound is further modified in any of the following ways:
By monoalkyl or dialkyl substitution on the 1'-nitrogen of the 1-position ethylamine group, or by inclusion of the nitrogen in a cyclic structure;
By monoalkyl or dialkyl substitution on the 1'-nitrogen of the 1-position ethylamine group, or byinclusion of the nitrogen in a cyclic structure;
By replacement of the 2'-methylene carbon group with an ethylbenzyl, thiophenol, or methoxybenzene group, which may be further substituted with alkyl, hydroxyl, alkoxy, acetoxy, halide, or sulfide groups;
Byreplacement of the 2'-methylene carbon group with an ethylbenzyl, thiophenol, or methoxybenzene group, which may be further substituted with alkyl, hydroxyl, alkoxy, acetoxy, halide, or sulfide groups;
r.of this subdivisionandanysubstance that contains any quantity of their salts, isomers (whether optical, positional, DRS15191-NI-1A Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 or geometric), homologues, and salts of isomers and homologues, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of these salts, isomers, homologues, and salts of isomers and homologues is possible within the specific chemical designation.
r.of this subdivisionandanysubstance that contains any quantity of their salts, isomers (whether optical, positional, Senate Bill 450-First Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 or geometric), homologues, and salts of isomers and homologues, unless specifically excepted, whenever the existence of these salts, isomers, homologues, and salts of isomers and homologues is possible within the specific chemical designation.
Page 4 DRS15191-NI-1A
Page 4 Senate Bill 450-First Edition
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Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

  2. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  3. Filed

Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (176)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 450?
SB 450 is sponsored by Vickie Sawyer (Republican), Michael A. Lazzara (Republican), and Tom McInnis (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 450?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 24, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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