Bill Text: NY S00695 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that criminal possession of fentanyl is a class E felony.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00695 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S00695-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 695 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 6, 2023 ___________ 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. LBD03449-01-3