Council supports exploring adding fentanyl to child-endangerment statute

Aug 12, 2026

Councilors signaled support for asking the county lobbyist to pursue language adding fentanyl/opioids to the child-endangerment controlled-substances list; the county prosecuting deputy explained the current statute does not expressly include fentanyl.

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Councilor Little introduced a policy update asking the council to authorize county lobbyists to pursue legislative language to add fentanyl and other opioids to the state-controlled-substance list referenced in the child-endangerment statute.

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