SB218 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Randy Price Senator

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Crimes and offenses; failure to render aid, established; criminal penalty provided

Description

This bill would establish the crime of failure to render aid, which would be committed if, while engaged in the illegal use of a controlled substance with another: (i) a person knowingly fails to seek medical assistance for another individual suffering from an overdose of the controlled substance or suffering a significant adverse physical reaction to the controlled substance; and (ii) the overdose or adverse physical reaction proximately causes the death of the other individual.

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Subjects

Crimes & Offenses