assembly Bill A2453

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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Jan 08, 2020 referred to codes
Jan 22, 2019 referred to codes

A2453 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3155
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: A6494, S2316
2011-2012: A3032, S3210
2013-2014: A10067, S988
2015-2016: A4529, A10084, S208
2017-2018: A3981, S3845
2021-2022: A6502, S2079
2023-2024: A6709, S6019

A2453 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

A2453 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  2453

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee 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.