1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; providing protection to children and vulnerable adults
1.3 from exposure to fentanyl; imposing criminal penalties for violation; amending
1.4 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.137, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.137, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2.Prohibited conduct.(a) No person may knowingly engage in any of the
1.8following activities in the presence of a child or vulnerable adult; in the residence of a child
1.9or a vulnerable adult; in a building, structure, conveyance, or outdoor location where a child
1.10or vulnerable adult might reasonably be expected to be present; in a room offered to the
1.11public for overnight accommodation; or in any multiple unit residential building:
1.12 (1) manufacturing or attempting to manufacture methamphetamine;
1.13 (2) storing any chemical substance;
1.14 (3) storing any methamphetamine waste products; or
1.15 (4) storing any methamphetamine paraphernalia.
1.16 (b) No person may knowingly cause or permit a child or vulnerable adult to inhale, be
1.17exposed to, have contact with, or ingest methamphetamine, a chemical substance, or
1.18methamphetamine paraphernalia.
1.19 (c) No person may knowingly cause or permit a child or vulnerable adult to inhale, be
1.20exposed to, have contact with, or ingest fentanyl.
1Section 1.
REVISOR KLL/BM 25-0110412/16/24
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 259
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Knudsen, Novotny, Witte, Nelson, Rymer and others01/23/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy