CT SB01039 | 2017 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Introduced on March 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-17 - Public Hearing 03/22
Pending: Joint Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

To establish the crime of manslaughter by causing a death of another person by drug overdose, make possession of a narcotic a class D felony, to criminalize the false labeling of synthetic drugs to include as illegally supplying a drug, a prescribed narcotic to a person for whom it is not prescribed and to require opiates be labeled to better warn of addictive qualities.

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Title

An Act Concerning Criminal Liability In The Case Of Drug Overdose Deaths, Increasing The Penalty For The Possession Of A Narcotic And Criminalizing The Misbranding Of Synthetic Drugs.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2017-03-17SenatePublic Hearing 03/22
2017-03-16SenateReferred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

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