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HB 127 Engrossed 2020 Regular Session Villio
Abstract: Amends the crimes of vehicular homicide, vehicular negligent injuring, first degree
vehicular negligent injuring, driving while intoxicated, and third degree feticide to remove
the condition that the operator or offender knowingly consumes quantities of the drug that
exceed the dosage prescribed or recommended.
Present law provides for the crimes of vehicular homicide, third degree feticide, vehicular negligent
injuring, first degree vehicular negligent injuring, and operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
Present law provides that for those present law crimes to apply, certain conditions must exist or
contribute to the factor of the killing of the human being.
Proposed law removes the condition that the operator or offender knowingly consumes quantities
of the drug or drugs which substantially exceed the dosage prescribed by the physician or the dosage
recommended by the manufacturer of the drug from the conditions of the present law crimes.
(Amends R.S. 14:32.1(A)(6), 32.8(A)(2)(f), 39.1(A)(5), 39.2(A)(5), and 98(A)(1)(e))