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Assembly Bill A7985

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in death

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2023-A7985 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §125.30, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A2021

2023-A7985 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in death, a class A-1 felony.

2023-A7985 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7985
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
   criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in  death,  a  class
   A-1 felony
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 125.30  to
 read as follows:
 § 125.30 CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE RESULTING IN DEATH.
   A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE RESULT-
 ING IN DEATH WHEN HE OR SHE, IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE THIRTY-THREE OF THE
 PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, SELLS, EXCHANGES, GIVES, DISPOSES OF OR  SUPPLIES  TO
 THE VICTIM A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE LISTED IN SCHEDULE I, II, III, IV OR V
 OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND THE USE
 OF SUCH CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE CAUSES THE DEATH OF THE VICTIM.
   CRIMINAL  SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE RESULTING IN DEATH IS A CLASS
 A-1 FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13108-01-3

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