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Título 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Capítulo 5. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON · Artículo 1. HOMICIDE

16-5-3.1. Aggravated involuntary manslaughter for fentanyl overdose death.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (a)

    As used in this Code section, the term:#

    1. (1)

      “Controlled substance” shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 16-13-21 but shall not include marijuana as defined by such Code section.#

    2. (2)

      “Fentanyl” means any substance included under paragraph (13) of Code Section 16-13-25 or subparagraph (F) of paragraph (2) of Code Section 16-13-26.#

    3. (3)

      “Fentanyl overdose death” means a death for which the toxic effect of fentanyl was either the sole cause of death or contributed to the cause of death of the human being.#

    4. (4)

      “Selling” means to deliver goods for something of value and includes distributing such goods with an agreement, express or implied, to be compensated with money at a later date.#

  2. (b)

    A person commits the offense of aggravated involuntary manslaughter when he or she causes the fentanyl overdose death of another human being, without the intent to cause the death of said human being, by intentionally manufacturing or selling any substance that contains fentanyl, after representing that such substance was any controlled substance.#

  3. (c)

    A person who commits the offense of aggravated involuntary manslaughter shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not less than ten years nor more than 30 years or life imprisonment.#

  4. (d)

    The offense of aggravated involuntary manslaughter shall be considered a separate offense and shall not merge with any other offense.#

  5. (e)

    This Code section shall not apply to any manufacturing or selling of a controlled substance that is authorized in Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16, the “Georgia Controlled Substances Act.”#

  6. (f)

    For purposes of any criminal prosecution of violations of this Code section, the defendant’s knowledge of the chemical identity of the substance manufactured or sold shall not be an essential element of the offense, and the state shall not have the burden of proving that a defendant knew the chemical identity of such substance in order to be convicted of an offense under this Code section.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Code 1981, § 16-5-3.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2024, p. 488, § 2/SB 465, effective April 30, 2024; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 16(1)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

Effective date

This Code section became effective April 30, 2024.

Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “means” for “shall mean” in paragraph (a)(3) and substituted “includes” for “shall include” in paragraph (a)(4); and, in subsection (c), substituted “ten years” for “10 years”.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2024, p. 488, § 1/SB 465, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Austin’s Law.’” Ga. L. 2024, p. 465, § 4/SB 465, not codified by the General Assembly, makes this Code section applicable to offenses committed on or after April 30, 2024.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t16-ch1-6-(v14)-pdf.pdf, Volumen V14, edición 2019, suplemento de 2025, páginas 83 a 84; acción de fusión: added; SHA-256 del archivo 575f9121d25f.