Bill > S0429

This bill creates the offense of "fentanyl-induced homicide" in South Carolina. It provides that a person who unlawfully delivers, dispenses, or provides fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance to another person, and the death of that person is the proximate cause of the ingestion of the substance, commits a felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison. The bill also adds fentanyl-induced homicide to the list of felonies and misdemeanors in the state, and defines "fentanyl-related substances" to include a broad range of synthetic opioids. The bill specifies that it is not a defense that the decedent contributed to their own death by ingesting the substance.