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HB29
ARHAM7S-1
By Representative Bolton
RFD: Judiciary
First Read: 13-Jan-26
PFD: 11-Aug-25
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ARHAM7S-1 07/10/2025 CMH (L)CMH 2025-1958
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PFD: 11-Aug-25
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, a person commits the crime
of manslaughter if he or she: (i) recklessly causes the
death of another person; (ii) causes the death of
another person under circumstances ordinarily
constituting murder but for various mitigating factors,
including heat of passion; or (iii) sells or
distributes any substance containing any amount of
fentanyl which causes the death of another.
This bill would further provide for the crime of
manslaughter to include sexual extortion of an
individual under 18 years of age which proximately
causes the victim's death.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Section
13A-6-3, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the
crime of manslaughter, to include death resulting from sexual
extortion; and to provide a criminal penalty for a violation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 13A-6-3, Code of Alabama 1975, is
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Section 1. Section 13A-6-3, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"§13A-6-3
(a) A person commits the crime of manslaughter if he or
she does any of the following:
(1) Recklessly causes the death of another person.
(2) Causes the death of another person under
circumstances that would constitute murder under Section
13A-6-2; except, that he or she causes the death due to a
sudden heat of passion caused by provocation recognized by
law, and before a reasonable time for the passion to cool and
for reason to reassert itself.
(3)a. Knowingly sells, furnishes, gives away, delivers,
or distributes a controlled substance in violation of Section
13A-12-211, which contains fentanyl, any mixture containing
fentanyl, any synthetic controlled substance fentanyl, or any
synthetic controlled substance fentanyl analogue as described
in Sections 20-2-23 and 20-2-25, and the person to whom the
controlled substance is sold, furnished, given, delivered, or
distributed dies as a proximate result of the use of the
controlled substance; provided, nothing in this subdivision
shall be construed to apply to a licensed physician engaged in
the practice of medicine, a licensed pharmacist engaged in the
practice of pharmacy, or a licensed dentist engaged in the
practice of dentistry.
b. It is not a defense to this subdivision that the
person who sold, furnished, gave away, delivered, or
distributed the controlled substance had no knowledge that the
controlled substance contained fentanyl, any mixture
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controlled substance contained fentanyl, any mixture
containing fentanyl, any synthetic controlled substance
fentanyl, or any synthetic controlled substance fentanyl
analogue as described in Section 20-2-23 and 20-2-25.
(4)a. Commits the crime of sexual extortion, as
provided under Section 13A-6-241, against a victim under 18
years of age, and both of the following occur:
1. The victim of the crime dies.
2. The finder of fact finds beyond a reasonable doubt
that the sexual extortion of the victim was the proximate
cause of the victim's death.
b. For purposes of this subdivision, the Legislature
finds that for purposes of determining proximate causation, a
victim's suicide shall be deemed to be a foreseeable
consequence of the crime of sexual extortion and shall not be
deemed an independent intervening cause.
(b)(1) Manslaughter Except as provided in subdivision
(2), manslaughter is a Class B felony.
(2) Manslaughter under subdivision (a)(4) is a Class A
felony. "
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2026.
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