An Act to provide equitable sentencing for felony murder

This bill changes how murder charges apply to deaths occurring during other serious crimes. It removes the automatic "first-degree murder" classification for such deaths, requiring instead that prosecutors prove "deliberately premeditated malice aforethought, extreme atrocity or cruelty" to charge someone with first-degree murder. Otherwise, defendants face a 15-year minimum to life prison sentence for the underlying crime. The law applies retroactively, affecting people already convicted of murder related to felonies before the bill's effective date. It directly impacts individuals charged with murder during crimes like robbery or burglary.