Assembly Bill A3218

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes crime of endangering the welfare of a child by exposing them to controlled substances

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A3218 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §260.35, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A11345
2011-2012: A4828
2013-2014: A5291
2015-2016: A593

2017-A3218 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes crime of endangering the welfare of a child by exposing them to controlled substances.

2017-A3218 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3218
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to endangering the welfare of
   a child by exposing them to controlled substances
 
   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 260.35 to
 read as follows:
 § 260.35 ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD BY  EXPOSURE  TO  CONTROLLED
            SUBSTANCES.
   A  PARENT,  LEGAL GUARDIAN OR CAREGIVER WHO ENDANGERS A CHILD'S PERSON
 OR HEALTH BY KNOWINGLY CAUSING OR PERMITTING A CHILD LESS THAN SEVENTEEN
 YEARS OLD TO BE PRESENT WHERE  ANY  PERSON  IS  SELLING,  MANUFACTURING,
 POSSESSING  THE  IMMEDIATE  PRECURSORS  OR  CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES WITH THE
 INTENT TO MANUFACTURE OR POSSESS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, AS  DEFINED  IN
 THIS  CHAPTER,  IS  GUILTY OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND MAY BE SENTENCED TO
 IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR OR PAYMENT OF A FINE OF NOT MORE
 THAN THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.  IF THE
 ENDANGERMENT RESULTS IN SUBSTANTIAL HARM TO A CHILD'S  PHYSICAL,  MENTAL
 OR  EMOTIONAL  HEALTH,  THE  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF  A FELONY AND MAY BE
 SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN FIVE YEARS OR PAYMENT  OF  A
 FINE OF NOT MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRI-
 SONMENT.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05437-01-7

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