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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana adds thirteen synthetic opioids to Schedule I of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law
Last action · May 11, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Shane Mack
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana adds thirteen specific synthetic opioids and related compounds to of the , effective August 1, 2026. The legislation prohibits the unauthorized possession, distribution, or manufacture of these newly listed substances.
Criminal penalties and regulatory restrictions now apply to anyone possessing, manufacturing, or distributing thirteen newly classified synthetic substances statewide.
Who It Affects
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law enforcement agencies
Law enforcement personnel must enforce prohibitions regarding the possession, distribution, and manufacture of the newly classified Schedule I substances.
residents of Louisiana
State residents are subject to new legal prohibitions and penalties associated with the thirteen newly scheduled synthetic opioids.
Key Facts
- Adds thirteen new synthetic substances to Schedule I of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law under R.S. 40:964(Schedule I)(A)(108) through (120).
- Includes specific compounds such as N-Pyrrolidino metonitazene, N-Pyrrolidino protonitazene, Beta-Methylacetyl fentanyl, and Para-Chlorofentanyl.
- Includes additional compounds Para-fluoro valeryl fentanyl, Tetrahydrothiofuranyl fentanyl, Ethyleneoxynitazene, and 5-Methyl etodesnitazene.
- Includes N,N-Dimethylamino etonitazene, N-Desethyl etonitazene, Methylenedioxynitazene, N-Pyrrolidino isotonitazene, and N-Desethyl protonitazene.
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- Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to arrange and renumber the new entries in alphabetical order.
- Establishes an effective date of August 1, 2026.
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Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
20 actions- May 11, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 58.
- May 11, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 5, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 4, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- Apr 29, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- Apr 28, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
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- Apr 27, 2026SenateFloorRead by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- Apr 20, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 15, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 14, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Mar 31, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 30, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 26, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
- Mar 25, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 24, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (12-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Feb 13, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 13, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Feb 13, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.
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