Senate Bill S7790

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to "Chelsey's law"

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes 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-S7790 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8384
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§125.15, 125.20 & 125.22, add §125.23, Pen L

2023-S7790 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Chelsey's law"; provides that a person commits the crime of manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter when he or she knows or has reasonable grounds to know that a controlled substance is likely to cause the death of another person and sells, administers, delivers, or causes the delivery of a controlled substance to another person and such substance causes, contributes to, or aids in the death of such other person.

2023-S7790 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7790 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7790
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. PALUMBO, MATTERA, MURRAY, RHOADS -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to enacting "Chelsey's law"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 "Chelsey's law".
   § 2. Section 125.15 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 vision 2 to read as follows:
   2.  KNOWING  OR  HAVING  REASONABLE  GROUNDS TO KNOW THAT A CONTROLLED
 SUBSTANCE, OR ANY MIXTURE, COMPOUND,  OR  COMBINATION  OF  A  CONTROLLED
 SUBSTANCE WITH OTHER SUBSTANCES, IS LIKELY TO CAUSE THE DEATH OF ANOTHER
 PERSON,  HE  OR SHE SELLS, ADMINISTERS, DELIVERS, OR CAUSES THE DELIVERY
 OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO  ANOTHER  PERSON  AND  SUCH  SUBSTANCE,  OR
 MIXTURE, COMPOUND, OR COMBINATION OF SUBSTANCES, CAUSES, CONTRIBUTES TO,
 OR AIDS IN THE DEATH OF SUCH OTHER PERSON; OR
   §  3.  Subdivision  4  of section 125.20 of the penal law, as added by
 chapter 477 of the laws of 1990, is amended and a new subdivision  5  is
 added to read as follows:
   4.  Being eighteen years old or more and with intent to cause physical
 injury to a person less than eleven years old, the defendant  recklessly
 engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of serious physical injury
 to such person and thereby causes the death of such person[.]; OR
   5.  HE  OR SHE COMMITS THE CRIME OF MANSLAUGHTER IN THE SECOND DEGREE,
 AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 125.15  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  AND
 WHERE:
   (A) HE OR SHE SELLS, ADMINISTERS, DELIVERS, OR CAUSES SUCH DELIVERY TO
 AN INDIVIDUAL LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD; OR
   (B)  THE  SUBSTANCE,  MIXTURE,  COMPOUND, OR COMBINATION OF SUBSTANCES
 INCLUDES ANY SUBSTANCE LISTED IN SCHEDULE  I,  II,  III,  IV,  OR  V  OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13427-02-3
              

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