HB330 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Tim Wadsworth Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Crimes and offenses, crime of drug-induced murder, created

Description

Under existing law, a person commits the crime of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance if, except as authorized, he or she sells, furnishes, gives away, delivers, or distributes a controlled substance enumerated in Schedules I through V.

This bill would provide that a person commits the crime of drug-induced murder if the person, except as authorizer, knowingly sells, furnishes, gives away, delivers, or distributes a controlled substance enumerated in Schedules I through V to another person and the controlled substance causes the death of that person or another person.

This bill would provide an exemption for licensed medical practitioners and other professionals who provide controlled substances in the course of professional practice or research in this state.

This bill would provide enhanced criminal penalties for a person with certain prior felony convictions who are subsequently convicted of violations.

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.

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Subjects

Crimes and Offenses