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Assembly Bill A1373A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of larceny of a controlled substance

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2017-A1373 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2631
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §220.80, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9926, S7348
2013-2014: A120, S4163
2015-2016: A4825, S3494
2019-2020: S381
2021-2022: S5413
2023-2024: S4297
2025-2026: S5889

2017-A1373 - Summary

Establishes the crime of larceny of a controlled substance making it an A-II felony to steal a schedule more than 25 dosage units of a schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance from a pharmacy.

2017-A1373 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1373
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
   larceny of a controlled substance
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 220.80 to
 read as follows:
 § 220.80 LARCENY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF LARCENY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WHEN HE OR SHE
 COMMITS THE CRIME OF LARCENY AND THE STOLEN PROPERTY INCLUDES A SCHEDULE
 II, III, IV, OR V CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE STOLEN FROM A PHARMACY.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   1. "LARCENY" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 155.05 OF THIS
 PART.
   2. "PHARMACY" MEANS ANY PLACE IN WHICH DRUGS, PRESCRIPTIONS OR POISONS
 ARE  POSSESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPOUNDING, PRESERVING, DISPENSING OR
 RETAILING, OR IN WHICH DRUGS, PRESCRIPTIONS OR POISONS  ARE  COMPOUNDED,
 PRESERVED,  DISPENSED OR RETAILED, OR IN WHICH SUCH DRUGS, PRESCRIPTIONS
 OR POISONS ARE BY ADVERTISING OR OTHERWISE OFFERED FOR SALE AT RETAIL.
   3. "SCHEDULE II,  III,  IV,  OR  V  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE"  MEANS  ANY
 SUBSTANCE LISTED IN SCHEDULES II, III, IV, AND V OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE
 HUNDRED SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   LARCENY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IS A CLASS A-II FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02423-01-7

2017-A1373A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2631
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §220.80, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9926, S7348
2013-2014: A120, S4163
2015-2016: A4825, S3494
2019-2020: S381
2021-2022: S5413
2023-2024: S4297
2025-2026: S5889

2017-A1373A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of larceny of a controlled substance making it an A-II felony to steal a schedule more than 25 dosage units of a schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance from a pharmacy.

2017-A1373A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1373--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Codes  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime  of
   larceny of a controlled substance

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 220.80  to
 read as follows:
 § 220.80 LARCENY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF LARCENY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WHEN HE OR SHE
 COMMITS  THE  CRIME  OF LARCENY AND THE STOLEN PROPERTY CONSISTS OF MORE
 THAN TWENTY-FIVE DOSAGE UNITS OF A SCHEDULE II, III, IV, OR V CONTROLLED
 SUBSTANCE WHICH IS STOLEN FROM A PHARMACY.   FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION:
   1. "LARCENY" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 155.05 OF THIS
 PART.
   2. "PHARMACY" MEANS ANY PLACE IN WHICH DRUGS, PRESCRIPTIONS OR POISONS
 ARE  POSSESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPOUNDING, PRESERVING, DISPENSING OR
 RETAILING, OR IN WHICH DRUGS, PRESCRIPTIONS OR POISONS  ARE  COMPOUNDED,
 PRESERVED,  DISPENSED OR RETAILED, OR IN WHICH SUCH DRUGS, PRESCRIPTIONS
 OR POISONS ARE BY ADVERTISING OR OTHERWISE OFFERED FOR SALE AT RETAIL.
   3. "SCHEDULE II,  III,  IV,  OR  V  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE"  MEANS  ANY
 SUBSTANCE LISTED IN SCHEDULES II, III, IV, AND V OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE
 HUNDRED SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   LARCENY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IS A CLASS A-II FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02423-03-7

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