BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

HB 1744: Voluntary intoxication

Prohibiting the use of voluntary intoxication as a defense against a criminal charge.

Summary

Provides, unequivocally and solely, a legislative redefinition of the mens rea element for specific and general intent crimes where voluntary intoxication is alleged as part of a defense, that a voluntary intoxicated condition or state is not a defense to any criminal offense, and that voluntary intoxication may not be taken into consideration in determining the existence of a mental state which is an element of…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to prohibiting the use of voluntary intoxication as a defense against a criminal charge;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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