senate Bill S699

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to decriminalizing the possession of buprenorphine

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Jan 06, 2023 referred to codes

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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:
S2524

S699 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Decriminalizes the possession of buprenorphine from certain crimes.

S699 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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