Assembly Bill A1248

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of xylazine

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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
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2025-A1248 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §392-k, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6506

2025-A1248 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the knowing sale of xylazine to persons under the age of 21 and without proof of the intended use for institutional, veterinary, or scientific purposes.

2025-A1248 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1248
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. TAPIA, ZACCARO, ALVAREZ, LAVINE, DE LOS SANTOS,
   SIMONE, FORREST, SHIMSKY,  LUCAS,  CUNNINGHAM,  CRUZ,  SIMON,  SAYEGH,
   EPSTEIN, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, BORES, K. BROWN, CHANG, GIGLIO, PIROZZOLO,
   DeSTEFANO  --  read  once  and  referred  to the Committee on Consumer
   Affairs and Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
   sale of xylazine
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 392-k to read as follows:
   §  392-K.  SALE OF XYLAZINE. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM
 "XYLAZINE" SHALL MEAN A PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG  USED  FOR  SEDATION,  ANES-
 THESIA,  MUSCLE  RELAXATION,  AND  ANALGESIA  IN ANIMALS SUCH AS HORSES,
 CATTLE, AND OTHER NON-HUMAN MAMMALS.
   2. NO  CORPORATION,  PARTNERSHIP,  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY,  FIRM,
 ONLINE PLATFORM, OR ANY OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY DOING BUSINESS WITHIN THIS
 STATE SHALL KNOWINGLY SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, OR DELIVER XYLAZINE TO INDI-
 VIDUALS WITHOUT PROOF OF ITS INTENDED USE FOR INSTITUTIONAL, VETERINARY,
 OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES.
   3.  NO  CORPORATION,  PARTNERSHIP,  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY, FIRM,
 ONLINE PLATFORM, OR OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY  DOING  BUSINESS  WITHIN  THIS
 STATE SHALL KNOWINGLY SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, OR DELIVER XYLAZINE TO INDI-
 VIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE.
   4.  ANY  CORPORATION,  PARTNERSHIP,  LIMITED  LIABILITY COMPANY, FIRM,
 ONLINE PLATFORM OR OTHER BUSINESS  ENTITY  DOING  BUSINESS  WITHIN  THIS
 STATE  WHICH  KNOWINGLY SELLS, OFFERS FOR SALE, OR DISTRIBUTES XYLAZINE,
 SHALL REQUIRE AND RETAIN SALES RECORDS, PROOF OF AGE, AND PROOF  OF  USE
 FROM ALL PURCHASERS.
   5.  ANY  CORPORATION,  PARTNERSHIP,  LIMITED  LIABILITY COMPANY, FIRM,
 ONLINE PLATFORM, OR OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY  DOING  BUSINESS  WITHIN  THIS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02623-01-5

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