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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 68

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Relating to: first-degree reckless homicide and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals — Felony Crime and criminals — Homicide or murder Drugs — Criminal acts and law enforcement Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, it is a Class C felony to cause the death of another human

being by manufacture, distribution, or delivery of, or by administering or assisting

in administering, certain schedule I or schedule II controlled substances, controlled

substance analogs, or ketamine or flunitrazepam. A Class C felony is punishable by

a fine of up to $100,000 or imprisonment for up to 40 years, or both. This bill

increases the penalty for such conduct from a Class C to a Class B felony. A Class

B felony is punishable by imprisonment for up to 60 years.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Behnke (R) , Bodden (R) , Brooks (R) , Donovan (R) , Duchow (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Murphy (R) , Penterman (R) , Rettinger (R) , Rozar (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R)

8 cosponsors

Bradley (R) , Hutton (R) , Nass (R) , Sapik and Dittrich , Stroebel (R) , Stubbs (D) , Wanggaard (R) , Wichgers and O'Connor

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 2

Passed 13–2 Mar 24, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 23, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Allen, Knodl, Behnke, Bodden, Brooks, Duchow, Donovan, Gundrum, Murphy, Penterman, Rettinger, Rozar, Spiros and Steffen; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Bradley, Hutton, Nass and Stroebel

  2. Feb 23, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Feb 28, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 28, 2023 · Assembly

    Representatives Wichgers and O'Connor added as coauthors

  5. Mar 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 24, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 2

  7. Mar 24, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Jun 1, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor

  9. Jun 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Representatives Sapik and Dittrich added as coauthors

  10. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1