Under current law, felony murder, a death resulting during the commission of a specifically listed felony, is a class 1 felony. The bill makes felony murder a class 2 felony subject to crime of violence sentencing and modifies the affirmative defense.

Year

2017

Current status

  • Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (03/08/2017)
  • Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary (01/18/2017)

Sponsors

D. Kagan

Bill number

SB17-094