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NY S07141
Bill
Status
4/1/2025
Primary Sponsor
Stephen Chan
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AI Summary
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Known as "Sasha's Law," creates a new category of second-degree murder for knowingly distributing fentanyl or any fentanyl-containing substance that causes another person's death
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Establishes a new crime of "aggravated criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in serious physical injury" when someone knowingly manufactures, sells, or distributes fentanyl that causes serious physical injury
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Classifies aggravated criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in serious physical injury as a class B felony
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Excludes from the definition of "sale" any casual, non-commercial sharing of a controlled substance among individuals with a pre-existing social relationship
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment
Legislative Description
Amends the offense of murder in the second degree to include when a person knowingly distributes fentanyl or any substance containing fentanyl and as a result of such distribution causes the death of another person; establishes the crime of aggravated criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in serious physical injury.
Last Action
REFERRED TO CODES
1/7/2026