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Senate expands felony penalties for endangering children, elderly and disabled by fentanyl (House Bill 166)
Summary
The Senate passed House Bill 166 to add fentanyl and related substances to the penalty group used for prosecutions of endangering a child, elderly person, or disabled person, raising the offense's severity in cases involving those vulnerable populations.
Senator Hancock presented and the Senate passed House Bill 166, which expands the substances covered by the statute that criminalizes endangering a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual by exposing them to certain controlled substances.
Under existing law, exposing a vulnerable person to methamphetamine in a way that places them in imminent danger can be a state jail felony. House Bill…
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