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Assembly Bill A6805

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Includes masking products within the definition of drug-related paraphernalia

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2023-A6805 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6176
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §850, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A1034

2023-A6805 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes masking products including but not limited to synthetic urine, human urine, a substance used or designed to be added to human urine or a substance used or designed to be added to a chemical test, within the definition of drug-related paraphernalia.

2023-A6805 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6805
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to including mask-
   ing products within the definition of drug-related paraphernalia
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 850 of the gener-
 al  business  law,  as  amended  by chapter 433 of the laws of 2021, and
 subparagraph (vii) as separately amended by chapters 92 and 433  of  the
 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  "Drug-related  paraphernalia"  consists  of the following objects
 used for the following purposes:
   (i) Kits, used or designed for the purpose of  planting,  propagating,
 cultivating,  growing  or  harvesting of any species of plant which is a
 controlled substance  or  from  which  a  controlled  substance  can  be
 derived;
   (ii)  Kits,  used  or  designed  for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing,
 compounding, converting, producing, or preparing controlled substances;
   (iii) Isomerization devices, used  or  designed  for  the  purpose  of
 increasing  the  potency  of  any species of plant which is a controlled
 substance;
   (iv) Scales and balances, used or designed for the purpose of weighing
 or measuring controlled substances;
   (v) Diluents and adulterants, including but  not  limited  to  quinine
 hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite, dextrose and lactose, used or designed
 for the purpose of cutting controlled substances;
   (vi) [and
   (vii)]  Objects, used or designed for the purpose of ingesting, inhal-
 ing, or otherwise introducing cocaine into the human body; AND
   (VII) MASKING PRODUCTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SYNTHETIC  URINE,
 HUMAN  URINE, A SUBSTANCE USED OR DESIGNED TO BE ADDED TO HUMAN URINE OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10659-02-3

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