HB10 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Chris PringleRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Crimes and offenses, to further provide for the crime of manslaughter

Summary

HB10 creates a new manslaughter charge for selling fentanyl-containing substances that cause death, with a professional-exemption, and takes effect immediately.

What This Bill Does

It adds a provision to make it manslaughter when someone knowingly sells, furnishes, or distributes a fentanyl-containing controlled substance and death results, with the penalty of a Class B felony. It says the seller can be guilty even if they did not know the substance contained fentanyl, and it provides an exemption for licensed physicians, pharmacists, and dentists acting in their professional duties. The act becomes effective immediately and is exempt from the local expenditure requirements under Section 111.05 because it creates or amends a crime.

Who It Affects

• People who knowingly sell, furnish, give away, deliver, or distribute fentanyl-containing substances; if a death results, they could be charged with manslaughter (Class B felony).
• Licensed physicians, pharmacists, and dentists acting within their professional duties are exempt from this particular manslaughter provision.

Key Provisions

• Adds to Section 13A-6-3 a new provision that knowingly selling/furnishing/delivering/distributing fentanyl-containing substances (including mixtures with fentanyl, synthetic fentanyl, or fentanyl analogs) where death results is manslaughter (Class B felony); provision clarifies no defense based on lack of knowledge that the substance contained fentanyl; licensed professionals are exempt.
• States the act becomes effective immediately and is excluded from Section 111.05 local-expenditure requirements because it defines a new crime or amends an existing one.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Crimes & Offenses