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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 of the person or their guardian who is authorized to make medical decisions on their behalf except as a life saving measure.
What A 7268 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to prohibit the non-consensual injection of medical substances, including ketamine, by emergency medical personnel, law enforcement, or any entity without the person's specific consent or that of their guardian. This law applies to individuals acting at the direction of a peace officer, police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services professional. The law also extends to minors, requiring the consent of their parent or guardian to administer medical substances. The penalty for violating this law is a class E felony. The law takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to codes (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7268
- What is the current status of A 7268?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 7268 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to codes".
- Did A 7268 pass?
- Not yet. A 7268 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7268, and where is it now?
- A 7268 was authored by Asm. Monique Chandler-Waterman. Its committee of record is Assembly Codes.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to codes |
| Mar. 21, 2025 | referred to codes |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 21, 2025 · 338 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 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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