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IA HF365
Bill
Status
2/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jon Dunwell
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AI Summary
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Unlawfully delivering, dispensing, or providing fentanyl or fentanyl-related substances that results in another person's death constitutes first-degree murder when the death is proximately caused by injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of the substance
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First-degree murder under this provision is a class "A" felony, punishable by life imprisonment without the possibility of parole
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The victim's own contribution to their death through purposeful, knowing, reckless, or negligent use of the substance is not a valid defense
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Consent by the victim to receiving the controlled substance does not constitute a defense for the person who provided it
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Amends Iowa Code Section 707.2 by adding a new paragraph specifically addressing fentanyl-related deaths
Legislative Description
A bill for an act establishing a cause of action for murder in the first degree by causing the death of another by delivering, dispensing, or providing fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance, and making penalties applicable.(See HF 792.)
Last Action
Withdrawn. H.J. 871.
3/31/2025