HF 748: Relating to child endangerment, and providing penalties

What it does

This bill relates to child endangerment. The bill provides that a person who commits child endangerment by willfully depriving any child or minor under the age of 18, whether the child or minor has a mental or physical disability or not, of necessary food, clothing, shelter, health care, or supervision appropriate to the child’s or minor’s age when the person is reasonably able to make the necessary provisions and which deprivation substantially harms the child’s or minor’s physical, mental, or emotional health is guilty of a class “C” felony.

In plain words

1. March 5, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Public Safety committee