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| 5 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL 751 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Faison |
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| 9 | 8 | | HB0751 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 001465 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; |
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| 14 | 13 | | Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses. |
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| 16 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-15-401(d)(2), is amended by |
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| 18 | 17 | | deleting "subsection (d)" and substituting "subdivision (d)(1)". |
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| 19 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-15-401(d), is amended by |
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| 20 | 19 | | designating the current language as subdivision (d)(1) and adding the following as a new |
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| 21 | 20 | | subdivision (d)(2): |
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| 22 | 21 | | (2) |
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| 23 | 22 | | (A) A person who knowingly, by act or omission, engages in conduct that |
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| 24 | 23 | | places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental |
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| 25 | 24 | | impairment commits a Class E felony; except that if the abused child is eight (8) |
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| 26 | 25 | | years of age or less, then the penalty is a Class B felony. |
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| 27 | 26 | | (B) For purposes of this subdivision (d)(2), a person engages in conduct |
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| 28 | 27 | | that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or |
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| 29 | 28 | | mental impairment if the person unlawfully possesses any amount of fentanyl, |
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| 30 | 29 | | carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, or thiafentanil in the presence of the child. |
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| 31 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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