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Subcommittee advances bill creating fentanyl-induced homicide offense after technical amendment
Summary
The South Carolina House Criminal Law Subcommittee voted unanimously to give a favorable report to Senate Bill 156, which would create a felony for fentanyl-induced homicide; prosecutors suggested narrower language to aid prosecutions and the committee adopted a housekeeping citation amendment by unanimous consent.
The South Carolina House Criminal Law Subcommittee unanimously gave a favorable report to Senate Bill 156, which would create a new felony offense for fentanyl-induced homicide, after adopting a technical amendment and hearing recommended language changes from the South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination.
The bill, as discussed at the subcommittee meeting, would make it a felony when the unlawful delivery or dispensing of fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance results in another person’s death. Lisa Catalanado, executive director of the South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination, told the committee she provided redlined edits aimed at making the statute usable for prosecutors while keeping the legislature’s focus limited to fentanyl-related deaths.
Catalanado told the committee her…
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