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STATE OF WYOMING
SENATE FILE NO. SF0181
Drug induced homicide.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Schuler, Baldwin and Hutchings and Representative(s) Berger
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; amending the
2 offense of drug-induced homicide as specified; and
3 providing for an effective date.
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5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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7 Section 1. W.S. 6-2-108(a)(i), by amending and
8 renumbering (ii) as (B) and by creating a new paragraph
9 (ii) is amended to read:
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11 6-2-108. Drug induced homicide; penalty.
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13 (a) A person is guilty of drug induced homicide if:
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15 (i) He:
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2 (A) Is an adult or is at least four (4)
3 years older than the victim; and
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5 (ii)(B) He Violates W.S. 35-7-1031(a)(i) or
6 (ii) or (b)(i) or (ii) by unlawfully delivering a
7 controlled substance to a minor and that minor dies as a
8 result of the injection, inhalation, ingestion or
9 administration by any other means of any amount of that
10 controlled substance.
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12 (ii) He violates W.S. 35-7-1031(a)(i) by
13 unlawfully delivering fentanyl, heroin or methamphetamine
14 to another person and that person dies as a result of the
15 injection, inhalation, ingestion or administration by any
16 other means of any amount of the fentanyl, heroin or
17 methamphetamine.
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19 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2023.
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21 (END)
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Statutes affected: Introduced: 6-2-108