Rep. Travis Couture: Stop leaving kids to die in homes with parents on fentanyl, meth
Rep. Travis Couture, R-Allyn, continued his years-long battle to stop needless deaths of babies and toddlers involved with DCYF who have been left in homes with adults actively using hard drugs like meth and fentanyl. Such drug-related deaths and near deaths soared to record levels in 2025 following years of increases in the wake of the passage of the Keeping Families Together Act in 2021, which made clear active drug use alone was not enough for courts to remove children from parents. Pointing to these horrific drug related deaths of young children, Couture offered several amendments to strengthen House Bill 2660, a bill Couture says worries more about protecting drug using parents than saving the lives of babies and toddlers. All but one were rejected by Democrats.
