Under current law there are certain circumstances that if present in a drug crime elevate the crime to special offender offense which carries a drug level felony 1 penalty. The bill adds the circumstance of a person dying as a result of the use of a distributed controlled substance to the list of special offender circumstances.

Year

2016

Current status

  • House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (04/19/2016)

Sponsors

M. Foote / J. Cooke

Bill number

HB16-1344

Position

Oppose