Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 07, 2021 |
signed chap.433 |
Oct 06, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 10, 2021 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.160 substituted for a868 |
Jun 10, 2021 |
substituted by s2523 |
Mar 11, 2021 |
advanced to third reading cal.160 |
Mar 09, 2021 |
reported |
Jan 06, 2021 |
referred to codes |
Assembly Bill A868
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GOTTFRIED
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S2523 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Linda Rosenthal
Carmen De La Rosa
Latrice Walker
David Weprin
multi-Sponsors
Edward Braunstein
Robert C. Carroll
Vivian Cook
Andrew Hevesi
2021-A868 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A868 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 868 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, L. ROSENTHAL, DE LA ROSA, WALKER, WEPRIN, DINOWITZ, BRONSON, ABINANTI, JOYNER, STECK, SIMON, GLICK, AUBRY, FERNANDEZ, CRUZ, EPSTEIN, REYES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, CARROLL, COOK, HEVESI, HYNDMAN, KIM, NIOU, RICHARDSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree; to amend the general busi- ness law, in relation to drug-related paraphernalia; to amend the public health law, in relation to the sale and possession of hypoderm- ic syringes and needles; and to repeal section 220.45 of the penal law relating to criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 220.03 of the penal law, as amended by section 4 of part I of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree when he or she knowingly and unlawfully possesses a controlled substance; provided, however, that it shall not be a violation of this section when a person possesses a residual amount of a controlled substance and that residual amount is in or on a hypodermic syringe or hypodermic needle [obtained and possessed pursuant to section thirty-three hundred eighty-one of the public health law, which includes the state's syringe exchange and pharmacy and medical provider-based expanded syringe access programs]; nor shall it be a violation of this section when a person's unlawful possession of a controlled substance is discovered as a result of seeking immediate health care as defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision three of section 220.78 of [the penal law] THIS ARTICLE, for either another person or him or herself because such person is experiencing a drug or alcohol overdose or other life threat- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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