Assembly Bill A7268

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits injecting a person with any substance, including, but not limited to, ketamine, by emergency medical personnel, law enforcement or any entity without the specific consent

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A7268 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §220.47, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A6196
2023-2024: A5663

2025-A7268 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits injecting a person with any substance, including, but not limited to, ketamine, by emergency medical personnel, law enforcement or any entity without the specific consent of the person or their guardian who is authorized to make medical decisions on their behalf except as a life saving measure.

2025-A7268 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7268
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  prohibiting  injecting  a
   person with any substance, including, but not limited to, ketamine, by
   emergency medical personnel, law enforcement or any entity without the
   specific  consent of the person or their guardian who is authorized to
   make medical decisions on their behalf except as a life saving measure
 
   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 220.47 to
 read as follows:
 § 220.47 CRIMINAL INJECTION OF A MEDICAL SUBSTANCE WITHOUT CONSENT.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL INJECTION OF A MEDICAL SUBSTANCE  WITH-
 OUT CONSENT WHEN:
   1.  SUCH  PERSON  IS  A  PEACE OFFICER, POLICE OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER OR
 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL, OR OTHER PERSON ACTING  AT  THE
 DIRECTION  OF  A PEACE OFFICER, POLICE OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER OR EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL SERVICES PROFESSIONAL;
   2. SUCH PERSON LAWFULLY POSSESSES A DRUG, INCLUDING, BUT  NOT  LIMITED
 TO KETAMINE, OR ANY OTHER MEDICAL SUBSTANCE; AND
   3.  EXCEPT AS A LIFE SAVING MEASURE, SUCH PERSON INTENTIONALLY INJECTS
 BY MEANS OF A HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR HYPODERMIC NEEDLE ALL OR ANY PORTION
 OF THAT DRUG OR OTHER MEDICAL SUBSTANCE INTO THE BODY OF ANOTHER  PERSON
 WITHOUT  THE  SPECIFIC  CONSENT  OF THE PERSON BEING INJECTED OR, IN THE
 CASE OF A MINOR, OF THE PERSON'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO
 MAKE MEDICAL DECISIONS ON THE PERSON'S BEHALF.
   CRIMINAL INJECTION OF A MEDICAL SUBSTANCE WITHOUT CONSENT 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.
                                                            LBD06799-01-5

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