PRINTER'S NO. 201
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
235
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, LANGERHOLC, STEFANO, DUSH AND VOGEL,
JANUARY 31, 2023
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 31, 2023
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 person due to the use of the
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