senate Bill S3845

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the criminal sale of a controlled substance to a person less than fourteen years of age

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 30, 2018 referred to codes
delivered to assembly
passed senate
ordered to third reading cal.869
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
Jun 05, 2017 ordered to third reading cal.1452
committee discharged and committed to rules
Jan 27, 2017 referred to codes

Votes

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Apr 30, 2018 - Rules committee Vote

S3845
20
4
committee
20
Aye
4
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Jun 5, 2017 - Rules committee Vote

S3845
21
3
committee
21
Aye
3
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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S3845 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3981
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §220.48, add §220.49, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2316, A6494
2011-2012: S3210, A3032
2013-2014: S988, A10067
2015-2016: S208, A4529, A10084
2019-2020: S3155, A2453
2021-2022: S2079, A6502
2023-2024: S6019, A6709

S3845 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the criminal sale of a controlled substance to a person less than fourteen years of age.

S3845 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S3845 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  3845

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 27, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- 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 the criminal sale of a
  controlled substance to a person less than fourteen years of age

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

  Section  1. Section 220.48 of the penal law, as added by section 28 of
part AAA of chapter 56 of the laws  of  2009,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
§ 220.48 Criminal  sale  of  a  controlled  substance  to a child IN THE
           SECOND DEGREE.
  A person is guilty of criminal sale of a  controlled  substance  to  a
child  IN THE SECOND DEGREE when, being over twenty-one years old, he or
she knowingly and unlawfully sells a controlled substance  in  violation
of section 220.34 or 220.39 of this article to a person less than seven-
teen years old.
  Criminal  sale  of  a  controlled  substance  to a child IN THE SECOND
DEGREE is a class B felony.
  § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 220.49  to  read
as follows:
§ 220.49 CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO A CHILD IN THE FIRST
           DEGREE.
  A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY  OF CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO A
CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN, BEING OVER EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, HE OR SHE
KNOWINGLY AND UNLAWFULLY SELLS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE  IN  VIOLATION  OF
SECTION  220.34 OR 220.39 OF THIS ARTICLE TO A PERSON LESS THAN FOURTEEN
YEARS OLD.
  CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE
IS A CLASS A-II FELONY.
  § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.

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

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