as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/12/2024 12:00pm
A bill for an act
relating to public safety; providing protection to children and vulnerable adults
from exposure to fentanyl; imposing criminal penalties for violation; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 152.137, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 152.137, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
(a) No person may knowingly engage in any of the
following activities in the presence of a child or vulnerable adult; in the residence of a child
or a vulnerable adult; in a building, structure, conveyance, or outdoor location where a child
or vulnerable adult might reasonably be expected to be present; in a room offered to the
public for overnight accommodation; or in any multiple unit residential building:
(1) manufacturing or attempting to manufacture methamphetamine;
(2) storing any chemical substance;
(3) storing any methamphetamine waste products; or
(4) storing any methamphetamine paraphernalia.
(b) No person may knowingly cause or permit a child or vulnerable adult to inhale, be
exposed to, have contact with, or ingest methamphetamine, a chemical substance, or
methamphetamine paraphernalia.
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(c) No person may knowingly cause or permit a child or vulnerable adult to inhale, be
exposed to, have contact with, or ingest fentanyl.
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