New York A 4775: Establishes the class B felony of criminal sale of a controlled substance upon the grounds of a drug or alcohol treatment center

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A04775 Summary:

BILL NOA04775 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00974

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SPONSORBeephan

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §220.66, Pen L

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Establishes the class B felony of criminal sale of a controlled substance upon the grounds of a drug or alcohol treatment center.

Go to top A04775 Actions:

BILL NOA04775 

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02/06/2025referred to codes

05/13/2025held for consideration in codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

Go to topA04775 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/13/2025AYE/NAY:16/6 Action: Held for Consideration DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookAyeReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinNay

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Go to topA04775 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA04775 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4775

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BEEPHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal sale of a
 controlled substance upon the grounds of a drug or alcohol treatment
 center

 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 220.66 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 220.66 Criminal sale of a controlled substance upon the grounds of a
 4 drug or alcohol treatment center.
 5 1. A person is guilty of criminal sale of a controlled substance upon
 6 the grounds of a drug or alcohol treatment center when such person know-
 7 ingly and unlawfully sells a controlled substance in violation of:
 8 (a) any one of subdivisions one through six-a of section 220.34 of
 9 this article, when such sale takes place upon the grounds of a drug or
 10 alcohol treatment center; or
 11 (b) any one of subdivisions one through eight of section 220.39 of
 12 this article, when such sale takes place upon the grounds of a drug or
 13 alcohol treatment center.
 14 2. For the purposes of this section, "upon the grounds of a drug or
 15 alcohol treatment center" means (a) in, on or within any building,
 16 structure, parking lot or land contained within the real property bound-
 17 ary line of any facility which provides chemical dependence services, as
 18 defined in subdivision fifty-five of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene
 19 law, or a methadone clinic, or (b) any area accessible to the public
 20 located within one thousand feet of the real property boundary line
 21 comprising any facility which provides chemical dependence services, as
 22 defined in subdivision fifty-five of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene
 23 law, or any methadone clinic, or any parked automobile or other parked
 24 vehicle located within one thousand feet of the real property boundary

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00423-01-5

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 1 line comprising such a facility or methadone clinic. For the purposes of
 2 this section, "area accessible to the public" means sidewalks, streets,
 3 parking lots, parks, playgrounds, stores and restaurants.
 4 3. For the purposes of this section, a rebuttable presumption shall be
 5 established that a person has knowledge that such person is upon the
 6 grounds of a drug or alcohol treatment center when notice is conspicu-
 7 ously posted of the presence or proximity of a drug or alcohol treatment
 8 center or methadone clinic.
 9 Criminal sale of a controlled substance upon the grounds of a drug or
 10 alcohol treatment center is a class B felony.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 12 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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