Chris McKenna is reporting for The Fray the state Senate again passed a bill sponsored by Sen. George Amedore last week that would allow prosecutors to charge drug suppliers with homicide if the opioids they sold cause a fatal overdose. The Senate voted 44-17 March 21, for the proposal, which is known as Laree’s Law. The measure was previously approved by the Senate four times in the last five years. Although the bill has an Assembly sponsor, it has never been taken up in that chamber. The bill intention is to hold sellers more accountable, make illegal opioids more scarce and help prosecutors go after the original sources of the drugs. Amedore, a Rotterdam Republican, took over sponsorship of the bill from its original sponsor after he joined the Senate in 2015. Read the full story at The Fray.