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WA HB1159
Bill
Status
1/13/2025
Primary Sponsor
Mari Leavitt
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AI Summary
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Expands the crime of endangerment with a controlled substance from only methamphetamine-related chemicals to any controlled substance other than cannabis
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Changes the mental state requirement from "knowingly or intentionally" to "knowingly or recklessly" permitting a child or dependent adult to ingest, inhale, absorb, or have contact with controlled substances
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Removes "exposure to" controlled substances as a basis for the crime, now requiring actual ingestion, inhalation, absorption, or contact
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Provides affirmative defenses for controlled substances administered during health care services or obtained through valid prescriptions from practitioners
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Maintains endangerment with a controlled substance as a class B felony and adds a statutory definition of "controlled substance" referencing RCW 69.50.101
Legislative Description
Concerning the crime of endangerment with a controlled substance.
Last Action
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
1/12/2026