Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 1415: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of knowingly engaging in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment by exposing the child to fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or a fentanyl derivative or analogue; punishes the offense as a Class E felony if the child is over 8 and as a Class B felony if the child is 8 or less. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.

In committee Last action May 27, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 499

Plain-language summary

SB 1415 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, creates the offense of knowingly engaging in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment by exposing the child to fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or a fentanyl derivative or analogue; punishes the offense as a Class E felony if the child is over 8 and as a Class B felony if the child is 8 or less. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40. Primary sponsor: Richard Briggs (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 27, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 499.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Richard Briggs (Republican).