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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 499

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 751

  By Representatives Faison, Russell, Sherrell, Davis, McCalmon, Gary Hicks, Littleton,
      Alexander, Vital, White, Hardaway, Terry, Doggett, Moody, Wright, Eldridge, Todd

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1415

                   By Senators Briggs, Bowling, Lowe, Southerland, Taylor, Yager

         AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to
criminal offenses.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-15-401(d)(2), is amended by
deleting "subsection (d)" and substituting "subdivision (d)(1)".

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-15-401 (d), is amended by
designating the current language as subdivision (d)(1) and adding the following as a new
subdivision (d)(2):

                    (2)

                              (A) A person who knowingly, by act or omission, engages in conduct that
                    places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental
                    impairment commits a Class E felony, except that if the abused child is eight (8)
                    years of age or less, then the offense is a Class B felony.

                              (8) For purposes of this subdivision (d)(2), a person engages in conduct
                    that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or
                    mental impairment if the person unlawfully exposes the child to fentanyl,
                    carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or a fentanyl derivative or
                    analogue, and an analysis of a specimen of the child's blood, hair, fingernail,
                    urine, or other bodily substance indicates the presence of fentanyl, carfentanil,
                    remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or a fentanyl derivative or analogue in the
                    child's body.

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
                    HOUSE BILL NO. 751

PASSED:  April 21, 2025

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                                   CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                                   HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR