HB 92 -- Endangering the Welfare of a Child

Sponsor:  Pollock

This bill creates the crime of endangering the welfare of an
unborn child if a person ingests, injects, consumes, inhales, or
otherwise uses heroin, cocaine, LSD, or methamphetamine while she
is pregnant and knows or reasonably should have known that she
was pregnant.  Endangering the welfare of an unborn child is a
class C felony for the first offense and a class B felony for any
subsequent offense.  The bill also adds heroin, cocaine, and LSD
to the list of controlled substances that when manufactured,
produced, prepared, sold, transported, tested, analyzed, or used
in the presence or residence of a person younger than 17 years of
age will be endangerment of a child in the first degree.

Any referral and associated documentation that a child has been
exposed to alcohol or a Schedule I, II, or III controlled
substance may be used in any criminal prosecution.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:18 am