THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY PYLE, ADOLPH, BAKER, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BOBACK, BOYD, BROOKS, CAUSER, CIVERA, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DAY, DELOZIER, DENLINGER, ELLIS, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GABLER, GEIST, GILLESPIE, GRELL, HARHART, HARPER, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KILLION, KRIEGER, MAHER, MARSHALL, MARSICO, MENSCH, METZGAR, MICCARELLI, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PEIFER, PICKETT, RAPP, REED, REESE, REICHLEY, ROCK, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TRUE, TURZAI, VEREB, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, APRIL 7, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 7, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, further providing for drug delivery

resulting in death.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 2506(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 2506.  Drug delivery resulting in death.

(a)  General rule.--A person commits [murder of the third

degree who] a felony of the first degree if the person

intentionally, knowingly or recklessly administers, dispenses,

delivers, gives, prescribes, sells or distributes any controlled

substance or counterfeit controlled substance in violation of

section 13(a)(14) or (30) of the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233,

No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and

Cosmetic Act, and another person dies as a result of using the

substance.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.