senate Bill S2761

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of homicide by sale of an opiate controlled substance

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 21, 2018 referred to codes
delivered to assembly
passed senate
ordered to third reading cal.723
committee discharged and committed to rules
Jan 03, 2018 referred to codes
returned to senate
died in assembly
Jun 13, 2017 referred to codes
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Mar 23, 2017 advanced to third reading
Mar 22, 2017 2nd report cal.
Mar 21, 2017 1st report cal.496
Jan 17, 2017 referred to codes

Votes

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Mar 21, 2018 - Rules committee Vote

S2761
19
6
committee
19
Aye
6
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Mar 21, 2017 - Codes committee Vote

S2761
13
0
committee
13
Aye
0
Nay
3
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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S2761 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3398
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §220.00, add §125.24, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7657
2015-2016: S4163, A6039
2019-2020: S4726, A3902
2021-2022: S5910, A6314
2023-2024: S7203, A2142

S2761 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of homicide by sale of an opiate controlled substance; makes such crime a class A-1 felony.

S2761 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S2761 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2761

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 17, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  AMEDORE,  AKSHAR,  BOYLE, CROCI, FUNKE, GALLIVAN,
  GOLDEN, LARKIN, MARCHIONE, MURPHY, O'MARA, ROBACH, YOUNG -- 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 enacting "Laree's law"

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
"Laree's law".
  § 2. Section 220.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision 21 to read as follows:
  21. "OPIATE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE" MEANS ANY SUBSTANCE LISTED IN SCHED-
ULE I, II, III, IV OR V OF  SECTION  THIRTY-THREE  HUNDRED  SIX  OF  THE
PUBLIC HEALTH LAW THAT IS CLASSIFIED AS EITHER AN OPIATE OR OPIUM DERIV-
ATIVE UNDER SUCH LAW.
  §  3.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 125.24 to read
as follows:
§ 125.24 HOMICIDE BY SALE OF AN OPIATE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
  A PERSON IS GUILTY  OF  HOMICIDE  BY  SALE  OF  AN  OPIATE  CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE  WHEN  HE  OR  SHE UNLAWFULLY TRANSPORTS BY IMPORTING INTO THE
STATE OR TRANSPORTING WITHIN THE STATE FROM ONE COUNTY INTO ANOTHER,  OR
UNLAWFULLY SELLS AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 220.00 OF THIS
CHAPTER,  AN OPIATE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION TWEN-
TY-ONE OF SECTION 220.00 OF THIS CHAPTER,  AND  SUCH  OPIATE  CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE CAUSES THE DEATH OF ANOTHER PERSON.
  IT  SHALL  BE  A  DEFENSE  TO HOMICIDE BY SALE OF AN OPIATE CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE THAT THE DEFENDANT JOINTLY  AND  SIMULTANEOUSLY  ACQUIRED  AND
POSSESSED  SUCH  OPIATE  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE  FOR  JOINT  USE WITH THE
DECEASED, WITH THE INTENT TO JOINTLY INJECT, INHALE OR OTHERWISE  INGEST
SUCH OPIATE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03803-01-7

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