New York S 2372: Relates to "Chelsey's law"

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S02372 Summary:

BILL NOS02372 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05069

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SPONSORPALUMBO

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COSPNSRASHBY, BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN, HELMING, MARTINS, MATTERA, MURRAY, OBERACKER,
 ORTT, RHOADS, WEBER, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§125.15, 125.20 & 125.22, add §125.23, Pen L

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Enacts "Chelsey's law"; provides that a person commits the crime of manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter when such person knows or has reasonable grounds to know that a controlled substance is likely to cause the death of another person and sells, administers, delivers, or causes the delivery of a controlled substance to another person and such substance causes, contributes to, or aids in the death of such other person.

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BILL NOS02372 

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2372

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. PALUMBO, ASHBY, BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK,
 GALLIVAN, HELMING, MARTINS, MATTERA, MURRAY, OBERACKER, ORTT, RHOADS,
 WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
 committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to enacting "Chelsey's law"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 "Chelsey's law".
 3 § 2. Section 125.15 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 4 vision 2 to read as follows:
 5 2. knowing or having reasonable grounds to know that a controlled
 6 substance, or any mixture, compound, or combination of a controlled
 7 substance with other substances, is likely to cause the death of another
 8 person, such person sells, administers, delivers, or causes the delivery
 9 of a controlled substance to another person and such substance, or
 10 mixture, compound, or combination of substances, causes, contributes to,
 11 or aids in the death of such other person; or
 12 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 125.20 of the penal law, as added by
 13 chapter 477 of the laws of 1990, is amended and a new subdivision 5 is
 14 added to read as follows:
 15 4. Being eighteen years old or more and with intent to cause physical
 16 injury to a person less than eleven years old, the defendant recklessly
 17 engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of serious physical injury
 18 to such person and thereby causes the death of such person[.]; or
 19 5. The defendant commits the crime of manslaughter in the second
 20 degree, as defined in subdivision two of section 125.15 of this article,
 21 and where:
 22 (a) the defendant sells, administers, delivers, or causes such deliv-
 23 ery to an individual less than eighteen years old; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02143-01-5

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 1 (b) the substance, mixture, compound, or combination of substances
 2 includes any substance listed in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V of
 3 section thirty-three hundred six of the public health law that is clas-
 4 sified as either an opiate or opium derivative under such law; or
 5 (c) the defendant sells, administers, delivers, or causes such deliv-
 6 ery to an individual already impaired by one or more substances; or
 7 (d) the defendant sells, administers, delivers, or causes such deliv-
 8 ery, while knowing or having reasonable grounds to know that such indi-
 9 vidual intended to use one or more additional substances in conjunction
 10 with conveyed substance; or
 11 (e) the defendant sells, administers, delivers, or causes such deliv-
 12 ery, while knowing or having reasonable grounds to know that such indi-
 13 vidual had either completed a drug rehabilitation program or overdosed
 14 within thirty days of such conveyance; or
 15 (f) in cases involving a mixture, compound, or combination of
 16 substances, the defendant does not disclose to the immediate next recip-
 17 ient the full and accurate listing of substances co