Bills › 90th General Assembly
HSB 44
Topics:Crime & corrections
Same legislation: SSB 1018
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2023
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People who unintentionally cause someone's death by making or delivering drugs could face a new felony charge. If someone shares drugs without making a profit, the information collected during an overdose response cannot be used as evidence against them. Additionally, certain people convicted of this crime may be denied parole or work release until they have served most of their sentence.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance resulting in death, and provides penalties.5A if such delivery involved the sharing of the controlled substance without profit.401(1) (manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance). The bill provides that a person’s act of manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance resulting in the death of another person shall be deemed to have caused the other person’s death when the controlled substance contributes to the other person’s death. 401(1).401(1).
House subcommittee
Named January 17, 2023. On January 25, 2023 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-0.
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