Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on March 19, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
House Bill 5553
AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMINAL LIABILITY IN THE CASE OF DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS, INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR THE POSSESSION OF A NARCOTIC AND CRIMINALIZING THE MISBRANDING OF SYNTHETIC DRUGS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To establish the crime of manslaughter by causing a death of another person by drug overdose, make possession of a narcotic a class D felony, to criminalize the false labeling of synthetic drugs to include as illegally supplying a drug, a prescribed narcotic to a person for whom it is not prescribed and to require opiates be labeled to better warn of addictive qualities.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
March 15 to March 19, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesMar 15 to Mar 19 · stopped4 days
Judiciary CommitteeMar 15 to Mar 19 · stopped4 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Mar 15 – Mar 19
- Mar 15Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
- Mar 19Heard in Judiciary Committee
All 2 actions, as published
- Mar 15REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 19PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses