Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session
Relating to: immunity to an aider.
Court — Procedure Drugs — Criminal acts and law enforcement Drunken driving
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, if a person aids a person believed to be experiencing a drug
overdose by bringing the person to the emergency room, hospital, fire station, or
other health care facility or by calling 911, the police, or other first responders or
health care providers, the aider is immune from prosecution for certain criminal
charges relating to possession of drugs or drug paraphernalia. This bill specifies
that, in order to be afforded immunity under this provision, an aider must provide
assistance as soon as reasonably possible and without unnecessary delay.
Sponsors
Full history
- Jan 28, 2022 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Gundrum, James, Cabral-Guevara, Duchow, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Wichgers and Murphy; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, Jacque and Nass
- Jan 28, 2022 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1