Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00427 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/18/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 427
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 1087
 *01087*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. SUZIO, 13th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 427 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 1087

*01087*

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

SEN. SUZIO, 13th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES AGAINST PERSONS CHARGED WITH SELLING ILLEGAL DRUGS THAT LEAD TO FATAL OVERDOSE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 53a of the general statutes be amended to provide that a person selling an illegal drug that leads to a fatal overdose shall be charged with manslaughter. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To require drug dealers selling an illegal drug that leads to a fatal overdose be charged with manslaughter.