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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Senate Bill S2079
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes 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
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
2021-S2079 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6502
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §220.48, add §220.49, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S2316, A6494
2011-2012: S3210, A3032
2013-2014: S988, A10067
2015-2016: S208, A4529, A10084
2017-2018: S3845, A3981
2019-2020: S3155, A2453
2023-2024: S6019, A6709
2021-S2079 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2079 SPONSOR: JORDAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the criminal sale of a controlled substance to a person less than fourteen years of age PURPOSE OF BILL: To amend the Penal Law to provide that the sale of controlled substances to minors under 14 may be prosecuted as a more serious offense. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Adds § 220.49 of the Penal Law which creates the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child in the first degree, making the sale of a controlled substance by an adult to a minor under the age of 14 a class A-II felony. Also Amends the title of 220.48 of the Penal Law, reflecting the lesser included offense of criminal sale of controlled substance to a child in the second degree.
2021-S2079 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2079 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 19, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. JORDAN, AKSHAR -- 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 sale of a controlled substance to a person less than fourteen years of age THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 220.48 of the penal law, as added by section 28 of part AAA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: § 220.48 Criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child IN THE SECOND DEGREE. A person is guilty of criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child IN THE SECOND DEGREE when, being over twenty-one years old, he or she knowingly and unlawfully sells a controlled substance in violation of section 220.34 or 220.39 of this article to a person less than seven- teen years old. Criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child IN THE SECOND DEGREE is a class B felony. § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 220.49 to read as follows: § 220.49 CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE WHEN, BEING OVER EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, HE OR SHE KNOWINGLY AND UNLAWFULLY SELLS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 220.34 OR 220.39 OF THIS ARTICLE TO A PERSON LESS THAN FOURTEEN YEARS OLD. CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS A-II FELONY. § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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