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Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act of 2025
To punish the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death as felony murder.
Summary
The Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act of 2025 amends federal law to classify the distribution of fentanyl that results in someone's death as first-degree murder. Under this bill, distributing fentanyl is defined as knowingly or recklessly distributing a controlled substance containing 2 grams or more of fentanyl (or 0.5 grams or more of fentanyl analogues) that results in death from its use. A person convicted of first-degree murder by distributing fentanyl would be subject to either the death penalty or life imprisonment. The bill applies to individuals who distribute fentanyl while knowing or having reason to know that the substance contains fentanyl.
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- Apr 29, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Apr 29, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 29, 2025
Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas (for himself, Mr. Crenshaw, and Mr. Gimenez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To punish the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death as felony murder.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. FENTANYL DISTRIBUTION RESULTING IN DEATH PUNISHED AS FELONY MURDER.
Section 1111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting “, distributing fentanyl” after “child abuse”;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking “(b) Within” and inserting
“(b)(1) Within”; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
“(2) Whoever is guilty of murder in the first degree by distributing fentanyl shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for life.”; and
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (6) as paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
“(4) the terms ‘controlled substance’, ‘distribute’, and ‘distributor’ have the meanings given the terms in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802);
“(5) ‘distributing fentanyl’ means to distribute a controlled substance—
“(A) involving 2 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of N-phenyl-N- [1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide or .5 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of any analogue of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2- phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl] propanamide;
“(B) that results in death from the use of such mixture or substance; and
“(C) knowing or having reason to know contains a detectable amount of such mixture or substance.”. <all>
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