New York A 1647: Relates to decriminalizing the possession of buprenorphine

Status: AMEND BY RESTORING TO ORIGINAL PRINT 1647 (as of 2026-01-08)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 1647

Sponsors: Linda Rosenthal, Al Taylor, Andrew Hevesi, Catalina Cruz, Chris Burdick, David Weprin, Emily Gallagher, Harvey Epstein, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Jo Anne Simon, Karines Reyes, Latrice Walker, Marcela Mitaynes, Maritza Davila, Phara Souffrant Forrest, Phil Steck, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, Sarah Clark, Sarahana Shrestha, Zohran Mamdani

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A01647 Summary:

BILL NOA01647 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02331

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRDinowitz, Simon, Reyes, Steck, Gonzalez-Rojas, Burdick, Mamdani, Forrest, Hevesi, Cruz, Clark,
 Gallagher, Taylor, Weprin, Walker, Shrestha, Davila, Mitaynes, Bichotte Hermelyn, Epstein

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §220.00, Pen L

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Decriminalizes the possession of buprenorphine from certain crimes.

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BILL NOA01647 

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01/10/2025referred to codes

06/06/2025amend and recommit to codes

06/06/2025print number 1647a

01/07/2026referred to codes

01/08/2026amend by restoring to original print 1647

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1647

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, SIMON, REYES, STECK, GONZA-
 LEZ-ROJAS, BURDICK, MAMDANI, FORREST, HEVESI, CRUZ, CLARK, GALLAGHER,
 TAYLOR, WEPRIN, WALKER, SHRESTHA, DAVILA, MITAYNES, BICHOTTE HERMELYN,
 EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to decriminalizing the
 possession of buprenorphine

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 5 and 8 of section 220.00 of the penal law,
 2 subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 92 of the laws of 2021 and subdivi-
 3 sion 8 as amended by section 18 of part C of chapter 447 of the laws of
 4 2012, are amended to read as follows:
 5 5. "Controlled substance" means any substance listed in schedule I,
 6 II, III, IV or V of section thirty-three hundred six of the public
 7 health law other than buprenorphine.
 8 8. "Narcotic preparation" means any controlled substance listed in
 9 schedule II(b-1), III(d) or III(e), other than buprenorphine.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 11 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04454-01-5

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