2018 -- S 2279

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HOMICIDE

     Introduced By: Senators Gallo, Lombardi, Coyne, and Seveney

     Date Introduced: February 01, 2018

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     (Attorney General)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Kristen's Law."

     SECTION 2. Section 11-23-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-23 entitled "Homicide"

is hereby amended to read as follows:

     11-23-6. Controlled substance transaction resulting in death of minor. Controlled

substance transaction resulting in death of a human being.

     Any person convicted of the sale who sells, delivery delivers or distribution distributes of

a controlled substance, the sale of which would constitute a felony under chapter 28 of title 21, to

a minor human being, or of knowingly providing a controlled substance for sale, delivery or

distribution to a minor human being and death has resulted to the minor human being because of

the ingestion orally, by injection, or by inhalation of the controlled substance, shall be imprisoned

for life.

     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - HOMICIDE

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     This act would be known and may be cited as Kristen's Law and would include the death

of all human beings as a result of a controlled substance transaction.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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