New York A 7268: Prohibits injecting a person with any substance, including, but not limited to, ketamine, by emergency medical personnel, law enforcement or any entity without the specific consent

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A07268 Summary:

BILL NOA07268 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORChandler-Waterman

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §220.47, Pen L

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Prohibits injecting a person with any substance, including, but not limited to, ketamine, by emergency medical personnel, law enforcement or any entity without the specific consent of the person or their guardian who is authorized to make medical decisions on their behalf except as a life saving measure.

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BILL NOA07268 

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03/21/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7268

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting injecting a
 person with any substance, including, but not limited to, ketamine, by
 emergency medical personnel, law enforcement or any entity without the
 specific consent of the person or their guardian who is authorized to
 make medical decisions on their behalf except as a life saving measure

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

 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 220.47 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 220.47 Criminal injection of a medical substance without consent.
 4 A person is guilty of criminal injection of a medical substance with-
 5 out consent when:
 6 1. such person is a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or
 7 emergency medical services professional, or other person acting at the
 8 direction of a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emergency
 9 medical services professional;
 10 2. such person lawfully possesses a drug, including, but not limited
 11 to ketamine, or any other medical substance; and
 12 3. except as a life saving measure, such person intentionally injects
 13 by means of a hypodermic syringe or hypodermic needle all or any portion
 14 of that drug or other medical substance into the body of another person
 15 without the specific consent of the person being injected or, in the
 16 case of a minor, of the person's parent or guardian who is authorized to
 17 make medical decisions on the person's behalf.
 18 Criminal injection of a medical substance without consent is a class E
 19 felony.
 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06799-01-5

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