S 4876
117th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act
Introduced: September 15, 2022
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 15, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 15, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act
This bill makes the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death a first degree murder.
An individual who is guilty of first degree murder by distributing fentanyl is subject to death or life in prison.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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