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Senate Bill S8520

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of drug-related paraphernalia

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2025-S8520 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8961
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §850, Gen Bus L

2025-S8520 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of drug-related paraphernalia; clarifies that drug-related paraphernalia shall not impact substances that are not considered controlled substances.

2025-S8520 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8520 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8520
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              October 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to clarifying the
   definition of drug-related paraphernalia
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 850 of the general business law,
 as amended by chapter 433 of the laws of 2021 and subparagraph (vii)  of
 paragraph  (a)  as separately amended by chapter 92 of the laws of 2021,
 is amended to read as follows:
   2. (a) "Drug-related paraphernalia" consists of the following  objects
 used for the following purposes:
   (i)  Kits,  used or designed for the purpose of planting, propagating,
 cultivating, growing or harvesting of any species of plant  which  is  a
 controlled  substance  or  from  which  a  controlled  substance  can be
 derived;
   (ii)  Kits,  used  or  designed  for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing,
 compounding, converting, producing, or preparing controlled substances;
   (iii)  Isomerization  devices,  used  or  designed  for the purpose of
 increasing the potency of any species of plant  which  is  a  controlled
 substance;
   (iv) Scales and balances, used or designed for the purpose of weighing
 or measuring controlled substances; AND
   (v)  Diluents  and  adulterants,  including but not limited to quinine
 hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite, dextrose and lactose, used or designed
 for the purpose of cutting controlled substances[;
   (vi) and
   (vii) Objects, used or designed for the purpose of  ingesting,  inhal-
 ing, or otherwise introducing cocaine into the human body].
   (b)   "Drug-related   paraphernalia"  shall  not  include  [hypodermic
 needles, hypodermic syringes and other objects used for the  purpose  of
 parenterally  injecting controlled substances] MATERIALS USED TO INJECT,
 INHALE, INGEST OR OTHERWISE INTRODUCE A SUBSTANCE into the human body.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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