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Assembly Bill A4863

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the criminal possession of fentanyl

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2025-A4863 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2096
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §220.79, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7662
2019-2020: A6470, S313
2021-2022: A5329, S3193
2023-2024: A5592, S695

2025-A4863 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that criminal possession of fentanyl is a class E felony.

2025-A4863 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4863
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the criminal possession of
   fentanyl
 
   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 220.79  to
 read as follows:
 § 220.79 CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF FENTANYL.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF FENTANYL WHEN SUCH PERSON
 KNOWINGLY  AND  UNLAWFULLY POSSESSES, MANUFACTURES, DISTRIBUTES, OR USES
 FENTANYL, OR ANY FENTANYL ANALOGS, TO ENHANCE ANOTHER ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE.
   CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF FENTANYL IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03085-01-5

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