Assembly Bill A2021

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in death

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A2021 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §125.30, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7985

2025-A2021 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in death, a class A-1 felony.

2025-A2021 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2021
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SLATER, GALLAHAN, DURSO, E. BROWN, GANDOLFO,
   WALSH, DeSTEFANO, GRAY, MAHER, ANGELINO, BRABENEC, BLANKENBUSH, TAGUE,
   BENDETT, BEEPHAN, HAWLEY, K. BROWN, JENSEN, PIROZZOLO, SIMPSON -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime  of
   criminal  sale  of  a controlled substance resulting in death, a class
   A-1 felony
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 125.30 to
 read as follows:
 § 125.30 CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE RESULTING IN DEATH.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE  RESULT-
 ING  IN  DEATH WHEN SUCH PERSON, IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE THIRTY-THREE OF
 THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, SELLS, EXCHANGES, GIVES, DISPOSES OF OR  SUPPLIES
 TO  THE  VICTIM A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE LISTED IN SCHEDULE I, II, III, IV
 OR V OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THE PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW  AND
 THE USE OF SUCH CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE CAUSES THE DEATH OF THE VICTIM.
   CRIMINAL  SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE RESULTING IN DEATH IS A CLASS
 A-1 FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05034-01-5

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