Ashley Moody (R-FL)
Prosecuting Poison Pill Dealers Act
A Republican bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill is known as the Prosecuting Poison Pill Dealers Act. It amends the Controlled Substances Act to add a definition for the term results. Under this bill, results means that the use of a substance is a substantial factor in causing the death or serious bodily injury of another person. The text clarifies that a substantial factor means the substance substantially contributes to the death or serious bodily injury. This applies regardless of whether any other substance used also substantially contributes to the death or serious bodily injury. The bill aims to provide for criminal liability under these specific circumstances.
Yes
- Scored +3
Does this give the federal government more power?
The bill expands federal criminal liability provisions under the Controlled Substances Act.
The opposite
- Scored -5
Does this shorten or soften prison sentences?
The bill expands criminal liability under the Controlled Substances Act by defining when a substance results in death or serious bodily injury.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Section 2: This section establishes criminal liability when a controlled substance is a substantial factor in the death or bodily injury of another person. This might be considered positive because it holds individuals legally accountable when their controlled substances substantially contribute to someone else's death or serious injury, even if other substances were also involved.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Section 2: The text defines a substantial factor as a substance that substantially contributes to death or serious bodily injury regardless of whether other substances also contributed. This could be considered a burden or negative consequence because it explicitly applies criminal liability even when multiple substances are involved in causing the harm, which may complicate how responsibility is assigned.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Does this shorten or soften prison sentences? — The bill expands criminal liability under the Controlled Substances Act by defining when a substance results in death or serious bodily injury.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill expands federal criminal liability provisions under the Controlled Substances Act.
- 9/30/2026
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced in Senate