Missouri 2024 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB1544 Compare Versions

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11 SECONDREGULARSESSION
22 HOUSEBILLNO.1544
33 102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
44 INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEALLEN.
55 4349H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
66 ANACT
77 Toamendchapter579,RSMo,byaddingtheretotwonewsectionsrelatingtooffenses
88 involvingthedeliveryofacontrolledsubstance,withpenaltyprovisions.
99 BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
1010 SectionA.Chapter579,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretotwonewsections,tobe
1111 2knownassections579.021and579.022,toreadasfollows:
1212 579.021.1.Apersoncommitstheoffenseofdeliveryofacontrolledsubstance
1313 2causinggreatbodilyharmifapersondeliversordistributesacontrolledsubstance
1414 3undersection579.020andgreatbodilyharmresultsfromtheuseofsuchcontrolled
1515 4substance.
1616 5 2.Itshallnotbeadefensethattheusercontributedtotheuser'sowngreat
1717 6bodilyharmbyusingthecontrolledsubstanceorconsentingtotheadministrationofthe
1818 7controlledsubstancebyanother.
1919 8 3.Theoffenseofdeliveryofacontrolledsubstancecausinggreatbodilyharmis
2020 9aclassCfelony.
2121 579.022.1.Apersoncommitstheoffenseofdeliveryofacontrolledsubstance
2222 2causingdeathifapersondeliversordistributesacontrolledsubstanceundersection
2323 3579.020andadeathresultsfromtheuseofsuchcontrolledsubstance.
2424 4 2.Itshallnotbeadefensethattheusercontributedtotheuser'sowndeathby
2525 5usingthecontrolledsubstanceorconsentingtotheadministrationofthecontrolled
2626 6substancebyanother.
2727 EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
2828 intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 7 3.TheoffenseofdeliveryofacontrolledsubstancecausingdeathisaclassA
2929 8felony.
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