SB 278: Preventing Deaths from Drug-related Overdoses
GENERAL BILL by Sachs; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Hays; Smith; Bullard
Preventing Deaths from Drug-related Overdoses; Cites this act as the "911 Good Samaritan Act;" providing that a person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for an individual experiencing a drug-related overdose may not be charged, prosecuted, or penalized for specified offenses in certain circumstances; providing that a person who experiences a drug-related overdose and needs medical assistance may not be charged, prosecuted, or penalized for specified offenses in certain circumstances; providing that the protections from prosecution for specified offenses are not grounds for suppression of evidence in other prosecutions; amending mitigating circumstances under which a departure from the lowest permissible criminal sentence is reasonably justified to include circumstances in which a defendant was making a good faith effort to obtain or provide medical assistance for an individual experiencing a drug-related overdose, etc.
Last Action: 04/07/2012 Chapter No. 2012-36
Effective Date: October 1, 2012
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 09/19/2011 | Senate | • Filed |
| 10/04/2011 | Senate | • Referred to Criminal Justice; Health Regulation -SJ 28 |
| 10/20/2011 | Senate | • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 11/03/11, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed |
| 01/09/2012 | Senate | • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/12, 10:15 am, 37 Senate Office Building |
| 01/10/2012 | Senate | • Introduced -SJ 28 |
| 01/12/2012 | Senate | • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 135 • Now in Health Regulation -SJ 135 |
| 01/20/2012 | Senate | • On Committee agenda-- Health Regulation, 01/25/12, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building |
| 01/25/2012 | Senate | • Favorable by- Health Regulation; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 279 |
| 01/26/2012 | Senate | • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 279 |
| 02/02/2012 | Senate | • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/07/12 |
| 02/07/2012 | Senate | • Read 2nd time -SJ 321 • Placed on 3rd reading |
| 02/08/2012 | Senate | • Read 3rd time -SJ 346 • Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 346 |
| 02/10/2012 | House | • In Messages |
| 03/05/2012 | House | • Referred to Calendar -HJ 1099 • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/12 • Received -HJ 1099 |
| 03/06/2012 | House | • Read 2nd time -HJ 1117 • Substituted for HB 125 -HJ 1117 • Placed on 3rd reading |
| 03/07/2012 | House | • Read 3rd time -HJ 1160 • Passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 1 -HJ 1160 |
| 03/07/2012 | Senate | • Ordered enrolled -SJ 958 |
| 03/23/2012 | • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor | |
| 04/06/2012 | • Approved by Governor | |
| 04/07/2012 | • Chapter No. 2012-36 |
