A Republican bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
In the other chamber's committee
Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.
The committee decides whether it goes any further, and most bills that reach a committee never leave it. A committee that simply does nothing kills a bill without anyone ever voting against it, so no news from here is usually the news.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Passed House voice vote
- In Senate committee
The House by voice vote (members called out yes or no together): no member's position on it was recorded.
What this bill would do
This bill, titled the Stop Pills That Kill Act, amends the Controlled Substances Act to crack down on the misuse of pill-making machines and their critical parts. It sets up new tracking requirements by demanding that tableting machines, encapsulating machines, and critical parts like punches and dies carry permanent serial numbers. The legislation also creates new criminal penalties for altering these serial numbers or unlawfully manufacturing and distributing the equipment internationally to make illicit substances. Additionally, the bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration to create an operation and response plan targeting counterfeit pills containing illicit synthetic substances like fentanyl. Finally, it mandates regular reports to Congress detailing seizure data, prosecutions, and public awareness campaigns.
Yes· 3 of 5
- Scored +7
Does this do more about addiction and overdose deaths?
The bill enhances prevention, education, and enforcement strategies to combat the distribution of counterfeit fentanyl and methamphetamine.
- Scored +5
Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this?
The bill specifically targets prevention and education efforts toward youth and teens.
- Scored +5
Would students be better off under this?
The bill focuses on tailoring education and prevention efforts specifically to youth and teens.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased Awareness and Prevention: Under Section 4(c), the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is required to increase education and prevention efforts to stop the use of counterfeit pills containing illicit synthetic substances, specifically tailoring these efforts to youth and teen access. This could help protect young people by educating them about the dangers of these pills.
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Better Tracking of Dangerous Equipment: Under Section 2(b), the bill requires tableting and encapsulating machines and their critical parts to be identified by a permanent serial number and recorded in regulated transactions. This transparency helps law enforcement track equipment that might be used to illegally manufacture dangerous controlled substances.
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Accountability Through Reporting: Under Section 4(c)(3), the Attorney General, in consultation with the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, must submit yearly reports to Congress detailing seized pills, prosecutions, convictions, and prevention measures. This holds federal officials accountable for tracking and combatting the flow of dangerous counterfeit pills.
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Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Burden of New Recordkeeping and Serial Numbers: Under Section 2(b), regulated persons who manufacture, distribute, or sell tableting machines, encapsulating machines, or critical parts must comply with strict serial number and recordkeeping requirements. This creates additional administrative and operational burdens for legitimate businesses handling these industrial tools.
- Criminal Penalties for Equipment Tampering: Under Section 2(c), it becomes a prohibited act to remove, alter, or obliterate serial numbers on these machines, or to possess and distribute equipment knowing the serial number has been tampered with. While targeting illicit actors, individuals or businesses caught mishandling equipment markings face criminal liability.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would students be better off under this? — The bill focuses on tailoring education and prevention efforts specifically to youth and teens. Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this? — The bill specifically targets prevention and education efforts toward youth and teens.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill mandates annual reports to Congress regarding seizures, prosecutions, and prevention measures. Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill expands the scope of the Controlled Substances Act and mandates specific agency operations and reporting.
- Healthcare
- Does this do more about addiction and overdose deaths? — The bill enhances prevention, education, and enforcement strategies to combat the distribution of counterfeit fentanyl and methamphetamine.
- 9/16/2026
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 9/15/2026
- The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5674-5675)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 8005.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5674-5676)
- Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 7/21/2026
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 6.
- 7/20/2026
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 7/15/2026
- Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- 3/19/2026
- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced in House
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.