Bill Text: NY S00699 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Decriminalizes the possession of buprenorphine from certain crimes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00699 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00699-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           699

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 6, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. RIVERA, BRISPORT, COMRIE, COONEY, GOUNARDES, HOYL-
          MAN, JACKSON, KENNEDY, 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:

     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 5 and 8 of section 220.00 of  the  penal  law,
     2  subdivision  5 as amended by chapter 92 of the laws of 2021 and subdivi-
     3  sion 8 as amended by section 18 of part C of chapter 447 of the laws  of
     4  2012, are amended to read as follows:
     5    5.  "Controlled  substance"  means any substance listed in schedule I,
     6  II, III, IV or V of section  thirty-three  hundred  six  of  the  public
     7  health law other than buprenorphine.
     8    8.  "Narcotic  preparation"  means  any controlled substance listed in
     9  schedule II(b-1), III(d) or III(e) other than buprenorphine.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    11  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.
                                                                   LBD01963-01-3