Establishes the felony offense of fentanyl-induced homicide in South Carolina.
The bill creates the offense of fentanyl-induced homicide in South Carolina, making it a felony for a person to knowingly and unlawfully deliver, dispense, or provide fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance, resulting in another person's death. The maximum penalty for this offense is thirty years in prison. The bill also specifies that it is not a defense if the decedent contributed to their own death by injecting, inhaling, absorbing, or ingesting the substance, unless there is clear and convincing evidence of intent to commit suicide.
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