Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2023 | referred to codes |
senate Bill S699
Sponsored By
Gustavo Rivera
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Jabari Brisport
(D, WF) 25th Senate District
Leroy Comrie
(D) 14th Senate District
Jeremy A. Cooney
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
Kristen Gonzalez
(D, WF) 59th Senate District
S699 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §220.00, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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S699 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S699 SPONSOR: RIVERA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to decriminalizing the possession of buprenorphine PURPOSE: This bill would exclude buprenorphine, a medication commonly used to treat opioid use disorder, from the list of controlled substances. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 220.00 of the penal law by adding buprenorphine as an exception under the definition for controlled substances. Section 2 sets forth the effective date. JUSTIFICATION:
S699 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 699 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 6, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, BRISPORT, COMRIE, COONEY, GOUNARDES, HOYL- MAN, JACKSON, KENNEDY, MYRIE, RAMOS, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to decriminalizing the possession of buprenorphine THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 5 and 8 of section 220.00 of the penal law, subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 92 of the laws of 2021 and subdivi- sion 8 as amended by section 18 of part C of chapter 447 of the laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows: 5. "Controlled substance" means any substance listed in schedule I, II, III, IV or V of section thirty-three hundred six of the public health law OTHER THAN BUPRENORPHINE. 8. "Narcotic preparation" means any controlled substance listed in schedule II(b-1), III(d) or III(e) OTHER THAN BUPRENORPHINE. § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01963-01-3
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