Endangering children and unborn-methamphetamine.

WORKING DRAFT
2007
STATE OF
WYOMING
07LSO-0411

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0188

Endangering children and unborn-methamphetamine.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Mercer, Hallinan, Martin, Wallis and Zwonitzer, Dn. and Senator(s) Fecht and Sessions

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to children; providing that criminal child endangerment includes prenatal exposure to methamphetamine as specified; amending a definition; providing that child abuse includes exposing children to methamphetamine; providing penalties; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S. 6
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4
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405 by creating new subsection
s
(c)
and (d)
and by amending and renumbering (c) as (
e
)
is
amended to read:

6
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4
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405.

Endangering children; controlled substances; penalty.

(c)

No person who is pregnant with a
viable
fetus
as defined by W.S. 35
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6
‑
101(a)(vii)
shall knowingly and willfully
possess, store, manufacture or
ingest methamphetamine or remain in a room, dwelling or vehicle where that person knows that methamphetamine is
currently
possessed, stored, manufactured or ingested.

(d)

No person shall knowingly possess, store, manufacture or ingest methamphetamine in a room, dwelling or vehicle where that person knows a person who is pregnant with a viable fetus as defined by W.S. 35
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6
‑
101(a)(vii) is present.

(c)
(
e
)

Any person who violates any of the provisions of
subsections
subsection
(a)
,

or
(b)
or (c)
of this section is guilty of
endangering a child
a felony
punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2007.

(END)

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