| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to codes |
| Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S210
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 7th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
2015-S210 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3931
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง178.10, 178.15, 178.20, 178.25 & 220.65, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2011-2012:
S6035, A9033
2013-2014: S1177, A5767
2017-2018: S3786, A3089, A10664
2019-2020: A5737
2021-2022: A5650
2023-2024: A4194
2025-2026: A1059
2015-S210 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S210
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to
increasing penalties for the crimes of criminal diversion of
prescription medications and prescriptions in the first, second, third
and fourth degrees and criminal sale of a prescription
PURPOSE :
To deter the theft and subsequent illegal sale of prescriptions and
prescription medications.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section one increases the penalty for criminal diversion of
prescription medications in the fourth degree from a class A
misdemeanor to a class E felony.
Section two increases the penalty for criminal diversion of
prescription medications in the third degree from a class E felony to
a class D felony.
Section three increases the penalty for criminal diversion of
prescription medications in the second degree from a class D felony to
a class C felony.
2015-S210 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
210
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing penalties for
the crimes of criminal diversion of prescription medications and
prescriptions in the first, second, third and fourth degrees and crim-
inal sale of a prescription
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 178.10 of the penal law,
as added by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
follows:
Criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions in
the fourth degree is a class [A misdemeanor] E FELONY.
S 2. The closing paragraph of section 178.15 of the penal law, as
added by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
Criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions in
the third degree is a class [E] D felony.
S 3. The closing paragraph of section 178.20 of the penal law, as
added by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
Criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions in
the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
S 4. The closing paragraph of section 178.25 of the penal law, as
added by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
Criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions in
the first degree is a class [C] B felony.
S 5. The closing paragraph of section 220.65 of the penal law, as
added by chapter 31 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
Criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance or of a
controlled substance by a practitioner or pharmacist is a class [C] B
felony.
S 6. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
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