Assembly Actions -
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Jun 11, 2012 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.141 rules report cal.141 reported reported referred to rules |
Jun 06, 2012 |
referred to codes |
Assembly Bill A10581
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JEFFRIES
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Sheldon Silver
Joseph Lentol
Robert J. Rodriguez
Keith L.T. Wright
2011-A10581 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A10581 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10581 I N A S S E M B L Y June 6, 2012 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jeffries, Silver, Lentol, Rodriguez, Wright, Peoples-Stokes, Gottfried, Jaffee, O'Donnell, Aubry, Stevenson, Roberts, Gibson, Perry, Braunstein, Boyland, Rosenthal, Farrell, Camara, Ortiz, Abinanti, Benedetto, Bren- nan, Castro, Clark, Cook, Crespo, DenDekker, Dinowitz, Galef, Glick, Heastie, Hevesi, Kellner, Lavine, Lifton, Linares, Lupardo, M. Miller, Morelle, Moya, Pretlow, Reilly, P. Rivera, Scarborough, Schimel, Titone) -- (at request of the Governor) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal possession of marihuana in the fifth degree THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 221.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 265 of the laws of 1979 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 75 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: S 221.10 Criminal possession of marihuana in the fifth degree. A person is guilty of criminal possession of marihuana in the fifth degree when he OR SHE knowingly and unlawfully possesses: 1. marihuana in a public place, as defined in section 240.00 of this chapter, and such marihuana is burning [or open to public view]; or 2. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing marihuana and the preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of more than twenty-five grams. Criminal possession of marihuana in the fifth degree is a class B misdemeanor. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. A LBD12131-01-2
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