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| 2 | 2 | HOUSE BILL 751 | |
| 3 | 3 | By Faison | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | SENATE BILL 1415 | |
| 6 | 6 | By Briggs | |
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| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | SB1415 | |
| 10 | 10 | 001465 | |
| 11 | 11 | - 1 - | |
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| 13 | 13 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; | |
| 14 | 14 | Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses. | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | 16 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-15-401(d)(2), is amended by | |
| 18 | 18 | deleting "subsection (d)" and substituting "subdivision (d)(1)". | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-15-401(d), is amended by | |
| 20 | 20 | designating the current language as subdivision (d)(1) and adding the following as a new | |
| 21 | 21 | subdivision (d)(2): | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) | |
| 23 | 23 | (A) A person who knowingly, by act or omission, engages in conduct that | |
| 24 | 24 | places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental | |
| 25 | 25 | impairment commits a Class E felony; except that if the abused child is eight (8) | |
| 26 | 26 | years of age or less, then the penalty is a Class B felony. | |
| 27 | 27 | (B) For purposes of this subdivision (d)(2), a person engages in conduct | |
| 28 | 28 | that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or | |
| 29 | 29 | mental impairment if the person unlawfully possesses any amount of fentanyl, | |
| 30 | 30 | carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, or thiafentanil in the presence of the child. | |
| 31 | 31 | SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |