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HB 68: Methamphetamine – Endangering Children Before Birth
Sponsor: Rep. Elaine Harvey (R-H26, Lovell); co-sponsors Reps. Keith Gingery (R-H23, Jackson), Marty Martin (D-H48, Rock Springs), Kevin White (R-H45, Laramie) and Sens. Jim Anderson (R-S2, Glenrock), John Barrasso (R-S27, Casper), John Hastert (D-S13, Green River)
HB 68 would have extended the definition of criminal child endangerment to include prenatal exposure to the drug methamphetamine. As related to child protective services, the definition of a child would be extended to include newborn babies that had been exposed to methamphetamine before birth. Drug courts and state-supported treatment facilities would give priority to pregnant women charged with endangering children by prenatal exposure to methamphetamine.
Opponents of HB 68 worried that this action would frighten pregnant women who feared prosecution away from obtaining appropriate prenatal care. They argued that education and treatment programs are more effective in preventing methamphetamine abuse and its affects on children than the threat of criminal prosecution.
The House Judiciary Committee passed HB 68, 5-4. Representatives Deborah Alden (R-H3, Wheatland), Dan Dockstader (R-H21, Afton), Keith Gingery (R-H23, Jackson), Erin Mercer (R-H53, Gillette) and Monte Olsen (R-H22, Daniel) voted in favor of the bill, while Representatives George Bagby (D-H15, Rawlins), Edward Buchanan (R-H4, Torrington), Lisa Shepperson (R-H58, Casper) and Mary Throne (D-H11, Cheyenne) voted against it.
The House passed HB 68, 39-21. The Senate Labor, Health and Social Services Committee unanimously passed the bill, but it died on general file in the Senate without floor debate or a vote.
The votes listed below are the House third reading (final passage) votes. A YES vote means the representative wanted to extend the definition of criminal child endangerment to include prenatal exposure to the drug methamphetamine. A NO vote means the representative did not want to criminally prosecute pregnant women who used methamphetamine.
| Bighorn Basin Legislators | 2/8/2007 | |
| S 18 | Hank Coe (R) | |
| H 24 | Colin M. Simpson (R) | Yes |
| H 50 | Pat Childers (R) | No |
| S 19 | Ray Peterson (R) | |
| H 25 | Alan Jones (R) | No |
| H 26 | Elaine Harvey (R) | Yes |
| S 20 | Gerald E. Geis (R) | |
| H 27 | Debbie Hammons (D) | Yes |
| H 28 | Lorraine Quarberg (R) | Yes |
| Casper-Area Legislators | 2/8/2007 | |
| S 27 | John Barrasso (R) | |
| H 35 | Roy Cohee (R) | Yes |
| H 36 | Liz Gentile (D) | No |
| S 28 | Kit Jennings (R) | |
| H 56 | Tom Walsh (R) | Yes |
| H 57 | Thomas A. Lockhart (R) | Yes |
| S 29 | Drew Perkins (R) | |
| H 37 | Steve Harshman (R) | Yes |
| H 59 | Mary Meyer Gilmore (D) | No |
| S 30 | Charles K. Scott (R) | |
| H 38 | Bob Brechtel (R) | Yes |
| H 58 | Lisa Shepperson (R) | Yes |
| Cheyenne-Area Legislators | 2/8/2007 | |
| S 4 | Tony Ross (R) | |
| H7 | Doug Samuelson (R) | Yes |
| H 41 | Ken Esquibel (D) | No |
| S 5 | Bob Fecht (R) | |
| H 8 | Lori Millin (D) | No |
| H 42 | Pete Illoway (R) | No |
| S 6 | Wayne H. Johnson (R) | |
| H 9 | Dave Zwonitzer (R) | No |
| H 10 | Rodney "Pete" Anderson (R) | Yes |
| S 7 | Kathryn Sessions (D) | |
| H 11 | Mary Throne (D) | No |
| H 43 | Dan Zwonitzer (R) | No |
| S 8 | E. Jayne Mockler (D) | |
| H 12 | Amy Edmonds (R) | Yes |
| H 44 | Floyd A. Esquibel (D) | No |
| Gillette-Area Legislators | 2/8/2007 | |
| S 23 | John Hines (R) | |
| H 31 | Thomas E. Lubnau II (R) | Yes |
| H 52 | Sue Wallis (R) | No |
| S 24 | Michael Von Flatern (R) | |
| H 32 | Timothy Hallinan (R) | Yes |
| H 53 | Erin Mercer (R) | Yes |
| Lander/Riverton-Area Legislators | 2/8/2007 | |
| S 25 | Cale Case (R) | |
| H 33 | W. Patrick Goggles (D) | No |
| H 54 | Del McOmie (R) | Yes |
| S 26 | Robert A. Peck (R) | |
| H 34 | Frank Philp (R) | Yes |
| H 55 | David Miller (R) | Yes |
| Northeast/East Central WY Legislators | 2/8/2007 | |
| S 1 | Charles Townsend (R) | |
| H 1 | Mark Semlek (R) | Yes |
| H 2 | Ross Diercks (D) | No |
| S 2 | Jim Anderson (R) | |
| H 5 | Matt Teeters (R) | Yes |
| H 6 | Dave Edwards (R) | No |
| S 3 | Curt Meier (R) | |
| H 3 | Deborah Alden (R) | Yes |
| H 4 | Edward A. Buchanan (R) | Yes |
| Sheridan-Area Legislators | 2/8/2007 | |
| S 21 | Bruce Burns (R) | |
| H 29 | Jerry Iekel (R) | No |
| H 51 | Rosie Berger (R) | Yes |
| S 22 | John Schiffer (R) | |
| H 30 | Jack Landon Jr. (R) | No |
| H 40 | Mike Madden (R) | Yes |
| South Central WY Legislators | 2/8/2007 | |
| S 9 | Mike Massie (D) | |
| H 13 | Jane Warren (D) | No |
| H 45 | Kevin A. White (R) | Yes |
| S 10 | Phil Nicholas (R) | |
| H 14 | Kermit C. Brown (R) | Yes |
| H 46 | Jim Slater (R) | Yes |
| S 11 | Bill Vasey (D) | |
| H 15 | George Bagby (D) | No |
| H 47 | William Steward (R) | Yes |
| Southwest WY Legislators | 2/8/2007 | |
| S 12 | Rae Lynn Job (D) | |
| H 48 | Marty Martin (D) | Yes |
| H 16 | Pete Jorgensen (D) | Yes |
| S 13 | John Hastert (D) | |
| H 17 | Bernadine Craft (D) | No |
| H 60 | Bill Thompson (D) | Yes |
| S 14 | Stan Cooper (R) | |
| H 18 | Allen Jaggi (R) | Yes |
| H 39 | Stan Blake (D) | No |
| S 15 | Ken Decaria (D) | |
| H 19 | Owen Petersen (R) | Yes |
| H 49 | Saundra Meyer (D) | Yes |
| Central WY Legislators | 2/8/2007 | |
| S 16 | Pat Aullman (R) | |
| H 20 | Kathy Davison (R) | Yes |
| H 21 | Dan Dockstader (R) | Yes |
| S 17 | Grant C. Larson (R) | |
| H 22 | Monte Olsen (R) | Yes |
| H 23 | Keith Gingery (R) | Yes |
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