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Senate pauses child-protection bill on meth-lab language, seeks clarifying intent
Summary
Lawmakers voted to "circle" First Substitute House Bill 219 after senators raised concerns about changing the standard from "present" to "reside/residing" in the definition of child neglect where clandestine drug laboratories operate. The Senate directed legislative research to draft intent language clarifying residency.
Senators on Feb. 9 paused further floor action on First Substitute House Bill 219, a child-protection measure that would expand the definition of child neglect to include circumstances in which a child "resides" in a home with an active clandestine drug laboratory.
Sponsor Senator Maine summarized the change as adding to the definition of child neglect when a child is being raised in the same home where an active drug lab is in operation. He told colleagues that the House changed the word "present" to "reside," explaining that "there could be situations…
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