SB 3: Reform Drug Sentencing Laws

Senate Bill 3 reclassifies some low-level, drug possession crimes from felonies to misdemeanors to ensure that people struggling with addiction receive treatment rather than jail time.

Tell the members of the House Criminal Justice Committee to pass Senate Bill 3!

WHY THIS BILL MATTERS: This legislation (and others) are needed to address our mass incarceration crisis.  

Send a message to the members of the House Criminal Justice Committee urging them to vote YES on SB 3 with a few changes:

  • Don't include the new language using prisons for overflow of low-level misdemeanors when local jails are full.
  • **Do include language that improves the "Good Samaritan Law,"** so people calling to save a life during an overdose have protection against arrest -- even if they are on probation/parole, or if they have had to make multiple 911 calls. Post about it too: #GetGoodSamIn. 

We think these Good Samaritan additions can be still made on SB 3 (many legislators support!) -- we just need to make it a priority and use this moment to get it done! 

 ℹ MORE INFO on SB 3:

📣📣 Tell these House Criminal Justice Committee members: 
1) vote YES on SB 256;
2) Vote YES on SB 3 --- with the following change on prison overflow, and adding in Good Samaritan expansion! 
Rep. Lang (Committee Chair) (R): (614) 466-8550 
Rep Phil Plummer (R): 614-644-8051*(key to move in support of SB 256)
Rep David Leland (D): 614-466-2473 *(key to move in support of SB 256)
Rep Jim Butler (R): 614-644-6008
Rep Jeff Crossman (D): 614-466-3485* (key to move in support of SB 256)
Rep Al Cutrona (R): 614-466-6107 * (key to move in support of SB 256)
Rep Diane Grendell (R): 614-644-5088
Rep John Rogers (D): 614-466-7251
Rep Todd Smith (R): 614-466-2960
Rep Thomas West (D): 614-466-8030
Rep Seitz (R): (614) 466-8258** (key person to move with the above asks regarding SB 3 -- he is very influential on this legislation!)
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