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Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act of 2025

Introduced Apr 29, 2025 by Sen. Joni Ernst

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Latest action · Apr 29, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

What it does

This bill makes the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death a first-degree murder.

An individual who is guilty of first-degree murder by distributing fentanyl is subject to death or life in prison.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

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