Relates to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree

Relates to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree Adds to the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree the possession, within any facility owned or operated by the state or upon school grounds, of any controlled substance or hazardous substance which has the potential to cause significant injury or death, with the intent to sell or distribute such substance.

What This Bill Does

• Relates to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree Adds to the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree the possession, within any facility owned or operated by the state or upon school grounds, of any controlled substance or hazardous substance which has the potential to cause significant injury or death, with the intent to sell or distribute such substance.

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Official Summary Text

Relates to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree
Adds to the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree the possession, within any facility owned or operated by the state or upon school grounds, of any controlled substance or hazardous substance which has the potential to cause significant injury or death, with the intent to sell or distribute such substance.

Current Bill Text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                       May 1, 2026
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal possession  of  a
          controlled substance in the third degree

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section  220.16  of  the  penal  law,  as
     2  amended by chapter 75 of the laws of 1995, is amended and a new subdivi-
     3  sion 14 is added to read as follows:
     4    13.  phencyclidine  and  said  phencyclidine  weighs  one thousand two
     5  hundred fifty milligrams or more[.]; OR
     6    14. WITHIN ANY FACILITY OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE STATE  OR  ANY  POLI-
     7  TICAL SUBDIVISION, AGENCY, OR INSTRUMENTALITY THEREOF, OR WITHIN OR UPON
     8  ANY SCHOOL GROUNDS, ANY CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OR ANY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE,
     9  AS  DEFINED  BY  SECTION 240.00 OF THIS PART, WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
    10  CAUSE SIGNIFICANT INJURY OR DEATH, AND SUCH PERSON HAS INTENT TO SELL OR
    11  OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTE SUCH CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15520-01-6