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Did Treg Taylor change the law so fentanyl dealers face murder charges?

Matches stated record claim. HB 66, proposed by the governor and signed in 2024 while he was attorney general, makes it second-degree murder to deliver certain drugs that cause a death.

Treg Taylor

Murder charges for fatal drug deals

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What they say

His campaign says he changed the law so fentanyl dealers whose drugs kill someone face second-degree murder charges.

“Changed the law so fentanyl dealers who kill face second-degree murder charges.”

What the record shows ·

In February 2023, while he was attorney general, the governor proposed this change in HB 66, and his department presented the bill to the House Judiciary Committee. The House passed its version 35 to 5 on May 11, 2023. In April 2024 the head of his department's criminal division spoke for it to the Senate Judiciary Committee. HB 66, signed July 11, 2024, makes it second-degree murder to knowingly make or deliver certain drugs when someone dies from taking them. Taylor praised the law at the signing.

Limit: The governor proposed it and the Legislature passed it. His department presented and spoke for it; the records do not show his own part in writing it. The law covers more drugs than fentanyl.

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  1. Treg Taylor for Alaska Governorhttps://tregforak.com/

    Treg for Governor · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign site, signed 'Paid for by Treg for Governor'. One long page with his record list and plans. Links his X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube accounts.

    candidate statement

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  2. Governor Dunleavy targets sex traffickers, drug dealers with new crime legislationhttps://gov.alaska.gov/governor-dunleavy-targets-sex-traffickers-drug-dealers-with-new-crime-legislation/

    Office of the Governor · Published Feb 8, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Published February 8, 2023. The governor introduces SB 64 (HB 66), which would allow second-degree murder charges for a drug that causes an overdose death.

    official office record

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  3. HB 66 (2023), as introduced (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published Feb 8, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced February 8, 2023 'by the House Rules Committee by request of the governor'. Section 1 adds the drug-death murder charge to AS 11.41.110(a).

    official legislative record

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  4. House Judiciary Committee minutes, February 27, 2023 (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published Feb 27, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Deputy Attorney General John Skidmore introduced HB 66 for the governor, and Assistant Attorney General Kaci Schroeder presented its sectional analysis: section 1 moves a drug-death homicide from manslaughter to second-degree murder.

    official legislative record

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  5. House Journal, May 11, 2023 (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published May 11, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Records the House passing CSHB 66(FIN) am, 35 to 5.

    official legislative record

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  6. Senate Judiciary Committee minutes, April 29, 2024 (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published Apr 29, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Angie Kemp, director of the Department of Law's criminal division, said HB 66 responds to a public health crisis from fentanyl and methamphetamine and is meant to deter those offenses.

    official legislative record

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  7. Alaska Senate rolls out crime bill tackling fentanyl, child abuse and grand jury ruleshttps://alaskapublic.org/2024/04/30/alaska-senate-rolls-out-crime-bill-tackling-fentanyl-child-abuse-and-grand-jury-rules/

    Alaska Public Media · Published Apr 30, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    By Eric Stone, April 30, 2024. Angie Kemp, director of the Department of Law's criminal division, told the Senate Judiciary Committee the drug penalties in HB 66 respond to the overdose crisis. The committee's own minutes are listed separately.

    original reporting

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  8. HB 66 (2024), enrolled (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The omnibus crime bill as passed, headed 'Laws of Alaska 2024'. Section 3 adds AS 11.41.110(a)(6): second-degree murder when a person knowingly makes or delivers certain controlled substances and another person dies from taking them.

    official legislative record

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  9. Governor Mike Dunleavy signs landmark omnibus bill to combat crime and protect crime victimshttps://gov.alaska.gov/governor-mike-dunleavy-signs-landmark-omnibus-bill-to-combat-crime-and-protect-crime-victims/

    Office of the Governor · Published Jul 11, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Published July 11, 2024. Says the governor signed HB 66 that day and quotes Attorney General Treg Taylor.

    official office record

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