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Committee sends House File 897 to Public Safety to add fentanyl to criminal exposure statute for children and vulnerable adults
Summary
House File 897 would add fentanyl to the statute that criminalizes exposing children and vulnerable adults to methamphetamine; representatives and prosecutors said fentanyl's potency creates a substantially higher risk to infants and small children. Committee voted to re‑refer the bill to Public Safety for further work.
Representative Knudson presented House File 897, a bill to align the criminal penalty for exposing children and vulnerable adults to fentanyl with existing statute covering exposure to methamphetamine. The author said the measure responds to a rising number of tragic incidents involving fentanyl exposure.
Several outside speakers supported the bill. A representative of Fentanyl Free Communities described fentanyl as far more lethal than methamphetamine and urged felony‑level penalties for caretakers who expose children.…
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