Bill Text: NY A06805 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Includes masking products including but not limited to synthetic urine, human urine, a substance used or designed to be added to human urine or a substance used or designed to be added to a chemical test, within the definition of drug-related paraphernalia.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-28 - reported referred to rules [A06805 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06805-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6805

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 8, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Economic Development

        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to including mask-
          ing products within the definition of drug-related paraphernalia

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 850 of the gener-
     2  al  business  law,  as  amended  by chapter 433 of the laws of 2021, and
     3  subparagraph (vii) as separately amended by chapters 92 and 433  of  the
     4  laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
     5    (a)  "Drug-related  paraphernalia"  consists  of the following objects
     6  used for the following purposes:
     7    (i) Kits, used or designed for the purpose of  planting,  propagating,
     8  cultivating,  growing  or  harvesting of any species of plant which is a
     9  controlled substance  or  from  which  a  controlled  substance  can  be
    10  derived;
    11    (ii)  Kits,  used  or  designed  for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing,
    12  compounding, converting, producing, or preparing controlled substances;
    13    (iii) Isomerization devices, used  or  designed  for  the  purpose  of
    14  increasing  the  potency  of  any species of plant which is a controlled
    15  substance;
    16    (iv) Scales and balances, used or designed for the purpose of weighing
    17  or measuring controlled substances;
    18    (v) Diluents and adulterants, including but  not  limited  to  quinine
    19  hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite, dextrose and lactose, used or designed
    20  for the purpose of cutting controlled substances;
    21    (vi) [and
    22    (vii)]  Objects, used or designed for the purpose of ingesting, inhal-
    23  ing, or otherwise introducing cocaine into the human body; and
    24    (vii) Masking products, including but not limited to synthetic  urine,
    25  human  urine, a substance used or designed to be added to human urine or

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10659-02-3
        A. 6805                             2

     1  a substance used or designed to be added to a chemical  test,  used  for
     2  the purpose of defrauding a chemical test which is used to determine the
     3  alcoholic and/or drug content of the blood.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.