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Committee backs bill to make fentanyl exposure of children a felony and refers it to Children and Families panel
Summary
Representative Steve Knudson, author of House File 897, told the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee on March 12 that the bill, as amended, would align criminal penalties for exposing children and vulnerable adults to fentanyl with existing law on methamphetamine exposure.
Representative Steve Knudson, author of House File 897, told the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee on March 12 that the bill, as amended, would align criminal penalties for exposing children and vulnerable adults to fentanyl with existing law on methamphetamine exposure. The committee adopted an author's amendment and re‑referred the bill to the House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee.
Supporters said the change closes a gap in state law and cited recent child deaths linked to fentanyl. Sebastian Mesa, an assistant county attorney in Aitkin County, said, "152.137 makes it a felony to expose a child or vulnerable adult to methamphetamine, and it struck me as rather…
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