Assembly Bill A6709

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the criminal sale of a controlled substance to a person less than fourteen years of age

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A6709 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6019
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §220.48, add §220.49, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6494, S2316
2011-2012: A3032, S3210
2013-2014: A10067, S988
2015-2016: A4529, A10084, S208
2017-2018: A3981, S3845
2019-2020: A2453, S3155
2021-2022: A6502, S2079

2023-A6709 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the criminal sale of a controlled substance to a person less than fourteen years of age.

2023-A6709 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6709
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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.
                                                            LBD09158-01-3

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