| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2025 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S2331
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 25th Senate District
(D) 14th Senate District
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
(D, WF) 59th Senate District
2025-S2331 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §220.00, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2021-2022:
S2524
2023-2024: S699
2025-S2331 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2331
SPONSOR: RIVERA
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to decriminalizing the
possession of buprenorphine
PURPOSE:
This bill would exclude buprenoiphine, a medication commonly used to
treat opioid use disorder, from the list of controlled substances.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends subdivisions 5 and 8 of section 220.00 of the Penal Law
by adding buprenorphine as an exception under the definition of
controlled substances.
Section 2 sets forth the effective date.
2025-S2331 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2331
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 16, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, BRISPORT, COMRIE, COONEY, GONZALEZ,
GOUNARDES, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, MYRIE, RAMOS, SALAZAR --
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 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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