CS/HB 457 2025
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to unlawful distribution of controlled 2
substances resulting in death; amending s. 782.04, 3
F.S.; defining the terms "dangerous fentanyl or 4
fentanyl analogs" and "distribute"; creating an 5
offense of murder in the third degree ; providing 6
penalties; providing an effective date. 7
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9
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Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 782.04, Florida 11
Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (6), and a new subsection 12
(5) is added to that section to read : 13
782.04 Murder.— 14
(5)(a) As used in this subsection, the term: 15
1. "Dangerous fentanyl or fentanyl analogs" means any 16
controlled substance described in s. 893.135(1)(c)4.a.(I) –(VII). 17
2. "Distribute" has the same meaning as in s. 893.02. 18
(b) The unlawful killing of a human being, when 19
perpetrated without any design to effect death, which resulted 20
from the unlawful distribution by a person less than 18 years of 21
age of any substance or mixture that he or she knew or 22
reasonably should have known contai ned dangerous fentanyl or 23
fentanyl analogs when such substance or mixture is proven to 24
have caused, or is proven to have been a substantial factor in 25
CS/HB 457 2025
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producing, the death of the user, is murder in the third degree 26
and constitutes a felony of the second deg ree, punishable as 27
provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 28
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 29