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Assembly Bill A1647

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to decriminalizing the possession of buprenorphine

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2025-A1647 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2331
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §220.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2524
2023-2024: A4013, S699

2025-A1647 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Decriminalizes the possession of buprenorphine from certain crimes.

2025-A1647 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1647
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, SIMON, REYES, STECK, GONZA-
   LEZ-ROJAS, BURDICK, MAMDANI, FORREST, HEVESI, CRUZ, CLARK,  GALLAGHER,
   TAYLOR, WEPRIN, WALKER, SHRESTHA, DAVILA, MITAYNES, BICHOTTE HERMELYN,
   EPSTEIN -- read once and referred 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.
                                                            LBD04454-01-5

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2025-A1647A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2331
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §220.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2524
2023-2024: A4013, S699

2025-A1647A - Summary

Decriminalizes the possession of buprenorphine from certain crimes.

2025-A1647A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1647--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, SIMON, REYES, STECK, GONZA-
   LEZ-ROJAS, BURDICK, MAMDANI, FORREST, HEVESI, CRUZ, CLARK,  GALLAGHER,
   TAYLOR, WEPRIN, WALKER, SHRESTHA, DAVILA, MITAYNES, BICHOTTE HERMELYN,
   EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to dispensing certain
   controlled substances for use by a person with a substance use  disor-
   der
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 3351 of the  public  health
 law, as added by chapter 878 of the laws of 1972, are amended to read as
 follows:
   1.  Controlled  substances  may  be prescribed for, or administered or
 dispensed to an addict or habitual user:
   (a) during emergency  medical  treatment  unrelated  to  [abuse]  SUCH
 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OR HABITUAL USE of controlled substances;
   (b)  who  is a bona fide patient suffering from an incurable and fatal
 disease such as cancer or advanced tuberculosis;
   (c) who is aged, infirm, or suffering from serious injury  or  illness
 and the withdrawal from controlled substances would endanger the life or
 impede or inhibit the recovery of such person.
   2. Controlled substances may be ordered for use by an addict or habit-
 ual  user  by  a  practitioner  and administered by a practitioner [or],
 registered nurse,  OR  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN-PARAMEDIC,  ACTING
 WITHIN THEIR SCOPE OF PRACTICE, to relieve acute withdrawal symptoms.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04454-02-5

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