PRINTER'S NO. 47
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.92
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO AND BROOKS, JANUARY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 22, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in criminal homicide, further
providing for the offense of drug delivery resulting in
death; and imposing a penalty.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2506(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 2506. Drug delivery resulting in death.
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(b) Penalty.--
(1) A person convicted under subsection (a) shall be
sentenced to a term of imprisonment which shall be fixed by
the court at not more than 40 years.
(1.1) A person convicted under subsection (a) shall be
sentenced to a minimum term of at least 10 years of total
confinement and a fine of either $15,000 or a greater amount
that equals the value of the assets utilized in and proceeds
from the illegal activity if:
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19 (i) prior to the commission of the offense, the
person had two or more prior convictions for a violation
of section 13(a)(14) or (30) of the Controlled Substance,
Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act; and
(ii) the person received anything of more than de
minimis value, directly or indirectly, as consideration
for dispensing, delivering, giving, prescribing, selling
or distributing the controlled substance or counterfeit
controlled substance.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person convicted
under section 2502(c) (relating to murder) when the victim is
less than 13 years of age and the conduct arises out of the
same criminal act.
(3) Paragraph (1.1) shall not apply:
(i) to a person convicted under section 2502(c) when
the victim is less than 13 years of age and the conduct
arises out of the same criminal act;
(ii) if the person and the decedent intended to use
the controlled substance or counterfeit controlled
substance together; or
(iii) if the person used the controlled substance or
counterfeit controlled substance with the decedent .
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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