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Senate advances bill creating felonies for exposing children or elders at clandestine meth labs
Summary
Senate Bill 188, sponsored by Sen. Suazo, adds penalties for causing or permitting children and elderly persons to suffer injury from exposure to methamphetamine lab operations; sponsors cited DEA incident data and DFCS caseloads. Amendment adding 'recklessly' to the mens rea was adopted and the bill moved to third reading (23–0–6 absent).
Senators advanced Senate Bill 188, a public-safety bill that creates new criminal penalties for people who knowingly or recklessly cause or permit children or elderly people to be exposed to hazardous conditions arising from clandestine methamphetamine operations.
Sponsor Sen. Suazo framed the bill as a law-enforcement tool backed by…
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