Enacts "Chelsey's law"; provides that a person commits the crime of manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter when such person knows or has reasonable grounds to know that a controlled substance is likely to cause the death of another person and sells, administers, delivers, or causes the delivery of a controlled substance to another person and such substance causes, contributes to, or aids in the death of such other person.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5069
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 12, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. STERN, BRAUNSTEIN, PHEFFER AMATO, WOERNER, JONES,
SANTABARBARA, BUTTENSCHON, McMAHON, BARRETT, STIRPE, FALL, JACOBSON,
WILLIAMS, SAYEGH, EACHUS, BERGER, RA, K. BROWN, E. BROWN, DeSTEFANO,
GANDOLFO, BLUMENCRANZ, BLANKENBUSH, DURSO, McDONOUGH, JENSEN, GRAY,
SLATER, CHANG -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SHIMSKY, SIMON -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to enacting "Chelsey's law"
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
"Chelsey's law".
§ 2. Section 125.15 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision 2 to read as follows:
2. KNOWING OR HAVING REASONABLE GROUNDS TO KNOW THAT A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, OR ANY MIXTURE, COMPOUND, OR COMBINATION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE WITH OTHER SUBSTANCES, IS LIKELY TO CAUSE THE DEATH OF ANOTHER
PERSON, SUCH PERSON SELLS, ADMINISTERS, DELIVERS, OR CAUSES THE DELIVERY
OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO ANOTHER PERSON AND SUCH SUBSTANCE, OR
MIXTURE, COMPOUND, OR COMBINATION OF SUBSTANCES, CAUSES, CONTRIBUTES TO,
OR AIDS IN THE DEATH OF SUCH OTHER PERSON; OR
§ 3. Subdivision 4 of section 125.20 of the penal law, as added by
chapter 477 of the laws of 1990, is amended and a new subdivision 5 is
added to read as follows:
4. Being eighteen years old or more and with intent to cause physical
injury to a person less than eleven years old, the defendant recklessly
engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of serious physical injury
to such person and thereby causes the death of such person[.]; OR
5. THE DEFENDANT COMMITS THE CRIME OF MANSLAUGHTER IN THE SECOND
DEGREE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 125.15 OF THIS ARTICLE,
AND WHERE:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02143-01-5
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