New York S 7141: Establishes the crime of aggravated criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in serious physical injury

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S07141 Summary:

BILL NOS07141A

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SPONSORCHAN

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COSPNSRO'MARA

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Amd §125.25, add §120.12-a, Pen L

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Amends the offense of murder in the second degree to include when a person knowingly distributes fentanyl or any substance containing fentanyl and as a result of such distribution causes the death of another person; establishes the crime of aggravated criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in serious physical injury.

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BILL NOS07141A

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04/01/2025REFERRED TO CODES

04/03/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES

04/03/2025PRINT NUMBER 7141A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7141--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CHAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to fentanyl

 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 "Sasha's Law".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 125.25 of the penal law, as amended by
 4 chapter 23 of the laws of 2024, is amended and a new subdivision 6 is
 5 added to read as follows:
 6 5. Being eighteen years old or more, while in the course of committing
 7 rape in the first, second or third degree, a crime formerly defined in
 8 section 130.50, 130.45 or 130.40 of this title, the crime of sexual
 9 abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first, second,
 10 third or fourth degree, or incest in the first, second or third degree,
 11 against a person less than fourteen years old, [he or she] they inten-
 12 tionally [causes] cause the death of such person[.]; or
 13 6. Knowingly, the defendant distributes fentanyl or any substance
 14 containing fentanyl and causes the death of another person.
 15 § 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.12-a to read
 16 as follows:
 17 § 120.12-a Aggravated criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting
 18 in serious physical injury.
 19 1. A person is guilty of aggravated criminal sale of a controlled
 20 substance resulting in serious physical injury when such person knowing-
 21 ly manufactures, sells, or distributes fentanyl or any substance
 22 containing fentanyl, and as a result of such manufacture, sale or
 23 distribution, causes the serious physical injury of another person.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11423-04-5

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 1 2. For the purposes of this section, the term "sale" shall not include
 2 the casual, non-commercial sharing of a controlled substance among indi-
 3 viduals who have a pre-existing social relationship.
 4 Aggravated criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in seri-
 5 ous physical injury is a class B felony.
 6 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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