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NY S01388

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Creates a new crime of "criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child in the first degree" for persons over 18 who sell controlled substances to children under 14 years old
  • Classifies this new offense as a class A-II felony, which carries more severe penalties than the existing crime
  • Renames the existing offense (selling to persons under 17 by adults over 21) as "criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child in the second degree," which remains a class B felony
  • Takes effect 180 days after becoming law

Legislative Description

Provides that criminal sale of a controlled substance by an adult to a person less than fourteen years of age is a class A-II felony.

Last Action

REFERRED TO CODES

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Codes1/9/2025

Full Bill Text

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