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Senate Bill S4712
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- 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
2015-S4712 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5453
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3302, Pub Health L; amd §220.00, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S6717, A8913
2013-2014: S5379, A5441
2017-2018: S748, A1609, A3273
2019-2020: S1862, A4491, A6156
2021-2022: S2716, A1323, A6465
2023-2024: A197
2015-S4712 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4712 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law and the penal law, in relation to synthetic cannabinoids PURPOSE: To prohibit the sale and distribution of chemical compounds that mimic the effects of marijuana by adding it to the control substance list. It would also amend the penal law to include synthetic cannabinoids or synthetic cannabinoid analog in the definition of marijuana. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends § 3302 of the Public Health Law by adding two new subdivisions. New subdivision 44 defines synthetic cannabinoids as a chemical compound that is chemically synthesized. Synthetic cannabinoids are chemicals that have a binding effect on one or more cannabinoid receptors, or are a chemical isomer, salt or salt of an isomer of a compound that has demonstrated to have a binding activity at one or more cannabinoid receptors. New subdivision 45-synthetic cannabinoid analog is defined as any chemical that is substantially similar in chemical structure to a chemical compound that has been determined to have binding activity at one or ore cannabinoid receptors. This definition would not apply to any products that have been approved for medical use by the United States Food and Drug
2015-S4712 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4712 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 10, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and the penal law, in relation to synthetic cannabinoids THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 3302 of the public health law is amended by adding two new subdivisions 44 and 45 to read as follows: 44. "SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID" MEANS ANY CHEMICAL COMPOUND THAT IS CHEMI- CALLY SYNTHESIZED AND: (A) HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO HAVE A BINDING ACTIVITY AT ONE OR MORE CANNABINOID RECEPTORS; OR (B) IS A CHEMICAL ISOMER, SALT OR SALT OF AN ISOMER OF A COMPOUND THAT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO HAVE BINDING ACTIVITY AT ONE OR MORE CANNABI- NOID RECEPTORS. "SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID" DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PRODUCTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR MEDICAL USE BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINIS- TRATION. 45. "SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID ANALOG" MEANS ANY CHEMICAL THAT IS SUBSTAN- TIALLY SIMILAR IN CHEMICAL STRUCTURE TO A CHEMICAL COMPOUND THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO HAVE BINDING ACTIVITY AT ONE OR MORE CANNABINOID RECEPTORS. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PRODUCTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR MEDICAL USE BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. S 2. Subdivision 6 of section 220.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1051 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows: 6. "Marihuana" means "marihuana" [or], "concentrated cannabis", "SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID" OR "SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID ANALOG" as those terms are defined in section thirty-three hundred two of the public health law. S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07906-01-5
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