Relating to collecting a tax from all manufacturers and distributors of opioid drugs

Introduced on 2/17/26

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From the Legislature

The purpose of this bill is to collect a state excise tax against opioid sales calculated at one cent for 100 pills multiplied by the number of overdose deaths in the most recent year based on Health Department's death certificates. The tax shall be used to fund addiction prevention and recovery from opioid use.

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