Modifies the offense of murder in the first degree

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Modifies the offense of murder in the first degree

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1392 - This act provides that a person commits the offense of murder in the first degree if he or she knowingly delivers or distributes fentanyl or carfentanil and death results from the use of such substances.

What This Bill Does

• The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1392 - This act provides that a person commits the offense of murder in the first degree if he or she knowingly delivers or distributes fentanyl or carfentanil and death results from the use of such substances.
• This offense is a class A felony, and if the person is over the age of 18, the punishment shall be either death or imprisonment for life without eligibility for probation or parole.
• This act is identical to SB 531 (2025), a provision in SB 575 (2025), and HB 1045 (2025).
• TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

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SB 1392 - This act provides that a person commits the offense of murder in the first degree if he or she knowingly delivers or distributes fentanyl or carfentanil and death results from the use of such substances. This offense is a class A felony, and if the person is over the age of 18, the punishment shall be either death or imprisonment for life without eligibility for probation or parole.

This act is identical to SB 531 (2025), a provision in SB 575 (2025), and HB 1045 (2025).
TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

Current Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1392
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SCHROER.
5763S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 565.020, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the
offense of murder in the first degree, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 565.020, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 565.020, 2
to read as follows:3
565.020. 1. A person commits the offense of murder in 1
the first degree if he or she knowingly causes the death of 2
another person after deliberation upon the matter or if he 3
or she knowingly delivers or distributes fentanyl or 4
carfentanil, or any derivative or combination thereof, and 5
death results from the use of such substances. 6
2. The offense of murder in the first degree is a 7
class A felony, and, if a person is eighteen years of age or 8
older at the time of the offense, the punishment shall be 9
either death or imprisonment for life without eligibility 10
for probation or parole, or release except by act of the 11
governor. If a person has not reached his or her eighteenth 12
birthday at the time of the commission of the offense, the 13
punishment shall be as provided under section 565.033. 14
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