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Panel advances bill to add fentanyl to statute protecting children and vulnerable adults from exposure
Summary
The committee voted to re‑refer House File 897, which would extend existing criminal exposure protections for methamphetamine to include fentanyl, to the Public Safety Committee. Testimony stressed fentanyl's lethality and urged aligning penalties with methamphetamine exposure statutes.
The Minnesota House Children and Families Committee voted to re‑refer House File 897 to the Public Safety Committee. The bill would add fentanyl to the existing criminal statute that prohibits exposing children and vulnerable adults to methamphetamine, aligning the statutory penalty framework.
Representative Knudson, the bill author, told the committee the measure…
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