Senate Bill S880

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the possession and sale of substances containing heroin

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-S880 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9654
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§220.16, 220.18, 220.21, 220.41 & 220.43, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7012
2019-2020: S316
2021-2022: S3197
2023-2024: S697

2017-S880 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the possession and sale of substances containing heroin in certain weights and packaging.

2017-S880 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S880 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    880
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  ORTT,  AKSHAR,  AMEDORE, MURPHY -- 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 criminal sale and
   possession of substances containing heroin
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Subdivision  13  of section 220.16 of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 75 of the laws of 1995, is amended and a new subdivi-
 sion 14 is added to read as follows:
   13. phencyclidine and  said  phencyclidine  weighs  one  thousand  two
 hundred fifty milligrams or more[.]; OR
   14.  ONE  OR  MORE  PREPARATIONS,  COMPOUNDS,  MIXTURES  OR SUBSTANCES
 CONTAINING  HEROIN  AND  SAID  PREPARATIONS,  COMPOUNDS,   MIXTURES   OR
 SUBSTANCES  ARE  OF  AN  AGGREGATE  WEIGHT OF 1.5 GRAMS OR MORE, OR SUCH
 PREPARATIONS, COMPOUNDS, MIXTURES OR SUBSTANCES ARE PACKAGED IN FIFTY OR
 MORE CONTAINERS, PACKETS OR "DECKS".
   § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 220.18 of the penal law, as  amended  by
 chapter  75  of  the laws of 1995, is amended and a new subdivision 8 is
 added to read as follows:
   7. methadone and said methadone  weighs  two  thousand  eight  hundred
 eighty milligrams or more[.]; OR
   8.  ONE  OR  MORE  PREPARATIONS,  COMPOUNDS,  MIXTURES  OR  SUBSTANCES
 CONTAINING  HEROIN  AND  SAID  PREPARATIONS,  COMPOUNDS,   MIXTURES   OR
 SUBSTANCES  ARE  OF AN AGGREGATE WEIGHT OF TWELVE GRAMS OR MORE, OR SUCH
 PREPARATIONS, COMPOUNDS, MIXTURES OR SUBSTANCES  ARE  PACKAGED  IN  FOUR
 HUNDRED OR MORE CONTAINERS, PACKETS OR "DECKS".
   §  3.  Subdivision 2 of section 220.21 of the penal law, as amended by
 chapter 75 of the laws of 1995, is amended and a new  subdivision  3  is
 added to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04621-01-7

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