| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 09, 2025 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S1275
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 60th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
2025-S1275 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A4518
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §220.50, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
A2272
2011-2012: A2027
2013-2014: A3038
2015-2016: A7118
2017-2018: A4242
2019-2020: A5989
2021-2022: A4222
2023-2024: S5799, A2908
2025-S1275 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1275
SPONSOR: GALLIVAN
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to criminally using drug
paraphernalia in the second degree
PURPOSE:
This bill expands the items included in the list of drug paraphernalia.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Provides that possession of objects capable of introducing
controlled substances into the body can be considered drug paraphernalia
when circumstances evidence an intent by the possessor to use or know-
ledge on the part of the possessor that some other person intends to use
such an object unlawfully.
Section 2 establishes the effective date.
2025-S1275 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1275
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 9, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 criminally using drug
paraphernalia in the second degree
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 220.50 of the penal law, as added
by chapter 627 of the laws of 1990, is amended and a new subdivision 4
is added to read as follows:
3. Scales and balances used or designed for the purpose of weighing or
measuring controlled substances, under circumstances evincing an intent
to use, or under circumstances evincing knowledge that some person
intends to use, the same for purpose of unlawfully manufacturing, pack-
aging or dispensing of any narcotic drug or stimulant[.]; OR
4. OBJECTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: PIPES WITH OR WITHOUT
SCREENS, GLASS TUBING, PIPE SCREENS, STEEL WOOL, OR MINIATURE SPOONS,
CAPABLE FOR USE IN INGESTING, INHALING OR OTHERWISE INTRODUCING INTO THE
HUMAN BODY, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, POSSESSION OF WHICH IS UNLAWFUL
UNDER THIS CHAPTER, UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES EVINCING AN INTENT TO USE, OR
UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES EVINCING KNOWLEDGE THAT SOME PERSON INTENDS TO USE
THE SAME, UNLAWFULLY.
§ 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.
LBD04117-01-5
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