New York A 808: Relates to intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree

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A00808 Summary:

BILL NOA00808C

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SAME ASSAME AS S00056-B

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SPONSORKelles

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COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas, Forrest, Seawright, Meeks, Davila, Zaccaro, Mamdani, Reyes, Hevesi, Bichotte
 Hermelyn, Epstein, Rosenthal, Burdick, Tapia, Taylor, Benedetto, McDonald, Lunsford, Bores, Weprin,
 Steck, Woerner, Gallagher, Valdez, Shimsky

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §507, amd §3305, Pub Health L

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Establishes through the department of health a drug checking services program to allow individuals to bring drugs or controlled substances and have them tested for contaminants, toxic substances, or hazardous compounds; requires the department to establish public health surveillance of the unregulated drug supply; provides exemptions for participants in the drug checking program from certain controlled substance offenses.

Go to top A00808 Actions:

BILL NOA00808C

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01/08/2025referred to health

03/07/2025amend and recommit to health

03/07/2025print number 808a

03/24/2025amend and recommit to health

03/24/2025print number 808b

03/27/2025amend and recommit to health

03/27/2025print number 808c

05/19/2025reported referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

Go to topA00808 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HEALTH Chair:Paulin 
DATE:05/19/2025AYE/NAY:16/8 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means PaulinAyeJensenNay

DinowitzAyeGandolfoNay

RosenthalAyeBlumencranzNay

HevesiAyeGrayNay

SteckAyeMaherNay

BraunsteinAyeSlaterNay

SolagesAyeChludzinskiNay

Bichotte HermelExcusedNorberNay

SayeghAye

McDonaldAye

ReyesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

RajkumarAye

ForrestAye

KellesAye

LucasAbsent

LavineAye

LunsfordAye

Go to topA00808 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA00808 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 808--C

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, FORREST, SEAWRIGHT,
 MEEKS, DAVILA, ZACCARO, MAMDANI, REYES, HEVESI, BICHOTTE HERMELYN,
 EPSTEIN, ROSENTHAL, BURDICK, TAPIA, TAYLOR, BENEDETTO, McDONALD, LUNS-
 FORD, BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee
 with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
 committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a
 drug checking program including requirements for enhanced drug check-
 ing service delivery and public health surveillance

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

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 507 to read as follows:
 3 § 507. Drug checking services program. 1. For purposes of this
 4 section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Enhanced drug checking services" means the utilization of all
 6 forms of drug testing equipment including complex technology or equip-
 7 ment designed to analyze substances and provide results at point of
 8 testing or point of care, which may include but is not limited to, chem-
 9 ical screening devices such as infrared spectrophotometers, raman spec-
 10 trophotometers, or ion mobility spectrometers.
 11 (b) "Public health surveillance" means the continuous and systematic
 12 collection, analysis, and interpretation of data needed for the plan-
 13 ning, implementation, and evaluation of public health initiatives.
 14 Public health surveillance may be used for the following purposes:
 15 (i) as an early warning system for impending public health emergen-
 16 cies;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00379-13-5

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 1 (ii) to document the impact of an intervention;
 2 (iii) to track progress towards specific goals;
 3 (iv) to monitor and clarify the epidemiology of health outcomes; and
 4 (v) to inform the public health policy and practices.
 5 2. The department shall:
 6 (a) establish a progra