PRINTER'S NO. 1815
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1295
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, ARGALL, LANGERHOLC, SCAVELLO, MENSCH,
COSTA AND VOGEL, JUNE 23, 2022
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JUNE 23, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in criminal homicide, providing for
the offense of fentanyl delivery resulting in death.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 2506.1. Fentanyl delivery resulting in death.
(a) Legislative intent.--
(1) The General Assembly's intent of this section is to
assist in prosecuting a person who sells or otherwise profits
from the sale of unlawful fentanyl that causes the death of
another person.
(2) This section may be referred to as "Tyler's Law."
(b) Offense defined.--A person commits a felony of the first
degree if the person intentionally sells or engages in a
monetary transaction to distribute fentanyl and the distribution
results in the death of another due to the use of the fentanyl.
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(c) Mandatory minimum penalty.--A person convicted of a
violation of subsection (b) shall be sentenced to a minimum
sentence of at least 25 years of total confinement,
notwithstanding any other provision of this title or any other
statute to the contrary. In no case shall the sentence exceed a
maximum sentence of 50 years of total confinement.
(d) Drug overdose response immunity.--The immunity provided
for under section 13.7 of the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233,
No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and
Cosmetic Act, shall apply to this section.
(e) Construction.-- The provisions of this section shall not
be construed to limit, restrict or otherwise prohibit an
indictment or conviction for another crime that may be related
to a violation of this section.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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