New York S 5421: Designates Xylazine as a schedule III depressant

Status: REFERRED TO HEALTH (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 5421

Sponsors: James Skoufis

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S05421 Summary:

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Amd §3306, Pub Health L

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Designates Xylazine as a schedule III depressant.

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02/21/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5421

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 21, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to designating Xyla-
 zine as a schedule III depressant

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (c) of schedule III of section 3306 of the
 2 public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph 15 to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (15) Xylazine (N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-5,6-dihydro-4H-1,3 thiazin-2-
 5 amine), including its salts, isomers and salts of isomers whenever the
 6 existence of such salts, isomers and salts of isomers is possible within
 7 the specific chemical designation.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 9 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09071-01-5

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