Assembly Bill A197

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to synthetic cannabinoids, synthetic cannabinoid analog and substituted cathinones and prohibiting the production and sale thereof

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Current 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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2023-A197 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3302, Pub Health L; amd §220.00, Pen L; add §399-jj, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8913
2013-2014: A5441
2015-2016: A5453, A5454, A8697
2017-2018: A1609, A3273
2019-2020: A4491, A6156
2021-2022: A1323, A6465

2023-A197 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to synthetic cannabinoids, synthetic cannabinoid analog and substituted cathinones; prohibits the production and sale thereof.

2023-A197 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    197
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, BARCLAY, COOK, SIMON, PEOPLES-STOKES,
   OTIS,  WOERNER, JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, the penal  law  and  the  general
   business  law, in relation to synthetic cannabinoids, synthetic canna-
   binoid  analog  and  substituted  cathinones   and   prohibiting   the
   production and sale thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3302 of the public health law is amended by  adding
 three new subdivisions 42, 43 and 44 to read as follows:
   42. "SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID" MEANS ANY CHEMICAL COMPOUND THAT IS CHEMI-
 CALLY SYNTHESIZED AND:
   (A)  HAS  BEEN  DEMONSTRATED TO HAVE A BINDING ACTIVITY AT ONE OR MORE
 CANNABINOID RECEPTORS; OR
   (B) IS A CHEMICAL ISOMER, SALT OR SALT OF AN ISOMER OF A COMPOUND THAT
 HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO HAVE BINDING ACTIVITY AT ONE OR  MORE  CANNABI-
 NOID RECEPTORS; OR
   (C)  HAS  BEEN DESIGNATED IN REGULATION BY THE COMMISSIONER AS BEING A
 SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID OR SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID ANALOG.
   "SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID" DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY  PRODUCT  THAT  HAS  BEEN
 APPROVED  FOR  MEDICAL  USE  BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINIS-
 TRATION.
   43. "SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID ANALOG" MEANS ANY CHEMICAL THAT IS SUBSTAN-
 TIALLY SIMILAR IN CHEMICAL STRUCTURE TO A  CHEMICAL  COMPOUND  THAT  HAS
 BEEN  DETERMINED  TO  HAVE  BINDING  ACTIVITY AT ONE OR MORE CANNABINOID
 RECEPTORS. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PRODUCTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED  FOR
 MEDICAL USE BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.
   44. "SUBSTITUTED CATHINONE" MEANS ANY CHEMICAL COMPOUND THAT IS CHEMI-
 CALLY SYNTHESIZED AND:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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