Felony homicide; certain drug offenses, penalty.

Felony homicide; certain drug offenses; penalty. Provides that a person is guilty of felony homicide, which constitutessecond degree murder and is punishable by confinement of not lessthan five nor more than 40 years, if the underlying felonious actthat resulted in the killing of another involved the manufacture,sale, gift, or distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substanceto another and (i) such other person's death results from his useof the controlled substance and (ii) the controlled substance is the proximate cause of his death. The bill also provides that venuefor a prosecution of this crime shall lie in the locality where theunderlying felony occurred, where the use of the controlled substanceoccurred, or where death occurred. This bill serves to overrule theCourt of Appeals of Virginia decision in Woodard v. Commonwealth,61 Va. App. 567, 739 S.E.2d 220 (2013), aff'd, 287 Va. 276,754 S.E.2d 309 (2014).