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Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 12, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 14, 2024
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2576
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2576 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2576 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People who give or sell fentanyl to others could be charged with first-degree murder if that person dies from the drug. This law applies even if the person who died chose to take the drug or used it themselves. If convicted, the person responsible faces life in prison without the chance to get out early.1
Read the official explanation
This bill establishes a cause of action for murder in the first degree by causing the death of another by delivering, dispensing, or providing fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance. The bill provides that a person who unlawfully delivers, dispenses, or otherwise provides fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance to another person that results in the death of the other person, and the proximate cause of the death of the other person is the injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of the fentanyl or fentanyl-related substance, commits murder in the first degree. Murder in the first degree is a class “A” felony. A class “A” felony is punishable by confinement for life without possibility of parole. _____ person contributed to the person’s own death by the purposeful, knowing, reckless, or negligent injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of the controlled substance or by consenting to the administration of the controlled substance by another person.
House subcommittee
Named February 12, 2024. On February 13, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-1.
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Fiscal note
AI summary This bill makes it first-degree murder for anyone who provides fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance that results in another person's death. The fiscal impact of this bill cannot be determined due to a lack of data.3
From the note: The fiscal impact of House File 2576 cannot be determined due to a lack of data. The average State cost per Class A felony is between $198,300 and $202,500. This includes operating costs incurred by the Judicial Branch, the Indigent Defense Fund, and the Department of Corrections (DOC). The cost would be incurred across multiple fiscal years for prison supervision.
- Fentanyl-Related Deaths, Murder · February 29, 2024 · $202,500
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