SF 456

as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 02/11/2025 09:07am

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 2024, section 152.137, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.137, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Prohibited conduct.

(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.

new text begin (c) No person may knowingly cause or permit a child or vulnerable adult to inhale, be
exposed to, have contact with, or ingest fentanyl.
new text end