Bill Text: NY S00313 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the criminal possession of fentanyl.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00313 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00313-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           313
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 the criminal possession of
          fentanyl
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 220.79 to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 220.79 Criminal possession of fentanyl.
     4    A person is guilty of criminal possession of fentanyl when he  or  she
     5  knowingly  and  unlawfully possesses, manufactures, distributes, or uses
     6  fentanyl, or any fentanyl analogs, to enhance another illegal substance.
     7    Criminal possession of fentanyl is a class E felony.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02731-01-9