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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2889
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE POLLITT .
6563H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 579.022, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the
of fense of delivery of a controlled substance causing death, with a penalty provision.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 579.022, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 579.022, to read as follows:
579.022. 1. A person commits the of fense of delivery of a controlled substance
2 causing death if a person delivers or distributes a controlled substance under section 579.020
3 [ knowing such substance is mixed with another controlled substance ] and a death results from
4 the use of such controlled substance.
5 2. It shall not be a defense that the user contributed to the user's own death by using
6 the controlled substance or consenting to the administration of the controlled substance by
7 another .
8 3. The of fense of delivery of a controlled substance causing death is a class A felony .
9 4. For purposes of this section, "controlled substance" means a Schedule I or
10 Schedule II controlled substance, as defined in section 195.017.
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EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.