HB 648 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in criminal homicide, further providing for the offense of drug delivery resulting in death.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-20
Latest action: — Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 20, 2025
Sponsors
- Zachary Mako (R, PA-183) — sponsor · 2025-02-20
- Aaron Bernstine (R, PA-8) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Doyle Heffley (R, PA-122) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Rob W. Kauffman (R, PA-89) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Andrew Kuzma (R, PA-39) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Brian Smith (R, PA-66) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 20, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0657 · 2,078 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 657
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 648
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MAKO, BERNSTINE, HEFFLEY, KAUFFMAN, KUZMA AND
SMITH, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in criminal homicide, further
3 providing for the offense of drug delivery resulting in
4 death.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 2506(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
9 adding a subsection to read:
10 § 2506. Drug delivery resulting in death.
11 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits a felony of the first
12 degree if the person intentionally manufactures, administers,
13 dispenses, delivers, gives, prescribes, sells or distributes any
14 controlled substance or counterfeit controlled substance in
15 violation of section 13(a)(14) or (30) of the act of April 14,
16 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug,
17 Device and Cosmetic Act, and another person dies as a result of
18 using the substance.
19 * * *
1 (g) Defense.--It is not a defense to a violation under this
2 section that the person died:
3 (1) after voluntarily using a controlled substance or
4 counterfeit controlled substance; or
5 (2) as a result of using the controlled substance or
6 counterfeit controlled substance in combination with alcohol,
7 another controlled substance or with any other drug,
8 compound, mixture, diluent or substance.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zachary Mako (R, state_lower PA-183) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron Bernstine (R, state_lower PA-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Andrew Kuzma (R, state_lower PA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Brian Smith (R, state_lower PA-66) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Doyle Heffley (R, state_lower PA-122) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Rob W. Kauffman (R, state_lower PA-89) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg