Provides that unlawful use, manufacture, or distribution of controlled dangerous substance by parent or caregiver in presence of child constitutes crime of endangering welfare of that child.

This bill amends New Jersey's endangering welfare of a child law (N.J.S.2C:24-4) to specifically criminalize parents or caregivers who unlawfully use, manufacture, or distribute drugs while a child is present. It makes violating drug laws (N.J.S.2C:35-5 or N.J.S.2C:35-10) in a child's presence a third-degree crime (if manufacturing/distributing) or fourth-degree crime (if possessing/using), separate from the underlying drug offense. The law directly affects parents or caregivers with legal responsibility for a child who commit drug-related actions in the child's presence. The policy change adds a distinct criminal penalty for exposing children to drug activity, without altering existing drug offense penalties.