New York A 2021: Establishes the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in death

Status: REFERRED TO CODES (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 2021

Sponsors: Matthew Slater, Andrew Molitor, Angelo J. Morinello, Anil Beephan Jr., Brian Maher, Chris Tague, David McDonough, Eric Brown, Jeff Gallahan, Jerett Gandolfo, Joe Angelino, Joe DeStefano, Josh Jensen, Karl Brabenec, Keith Brown, Kenneth Blankenbush, Lester Chang, Mary Beth Walsh, Matthew Simpson, Michael Durso, Patrick Chludzinski, Paula Bologna, Robert Smullen, Samuel Pirozzolo, Scott Gray

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A02021 Summary:

BILL NOA02021 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSlater

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COSPNSRGallahan, Durso, Brown E, Gandolfo, Walsh, DeStefano, Gray, Maher, Angelino, Brabenec, Blankenbush,
 Tague, Bendett, Beephan, Hawley, Brown K, Jensen, Pirozzolo, Simpson, Chludzinski, Bologna,
 Molitor, Morinello, Smullen, McDonough, Chang

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §125.30, Pen L

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Establishes the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in death, a class A-1 felony.

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BILL NOA02021 

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01/14/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2021

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER, GALLAHAN, DURSO, E. BROWN, GANDOLFO,
 WALSH, DeSTEFANO, GRAY, MAHER, ANGELINO, BRABENEC, BLANKENBUSH, TAGUE,
 BENDETT, BEEPHAN, HAWLEY, K. BROWN, JENSEN, PIROZZOLO, SIMPSON -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
 criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in death, a class
 A-1 felony

 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 125.30 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 125.30 Criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in death.
 4 A person is guilty of criminal sale of a controlled substance result-
 5 ing in death when such person, in violation of article thirty-three of
 6 the public health law, sells, exchanges, gives, disposes of or supplies
 7 to the victim a controlled substance listed in schedule I, II, III, IV
 8 or V of section thirty-three hundred six of the public health law and
 9 the use of such controlled substance causes the death of the victim.
 10 Criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in death is a class
 11 A-1 felony.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 13 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 14 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 15 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 16 on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05034-01-5

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