SS/SCS/SB 60 - Under current law, a person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree if he or she unlawfully manufactures or possesses amphetamine or methamphetamine, or any analogue thereof. This act adds fentanyl and carfentanil. Additionally, this act provides that the offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree if it involves fentanyl or carfentail is a class B felony. A person guilty of such offense shall not be eligible for conditional release or parole until he or she has served at least five years of imprisonment.
This act is substantially similar to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 44 & 52 (2025), in SB 143 (2025) and is similar to a provision in HCS/HB 495 (2025), HB 1066 (2025), and in SB 1368 (2024).
KATIE O'BRIEN