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S 1388: Provides that criminal sale of a controlled substance by an adult to a person less than fourteen years of age is a class A-II felony.
What S 1388 does, verified January 11, 2026
The bill aims to strengthen laws against the sale of controlled substances to minors. A person over 21 years old who knowingly sells a controlled substance to a person less than 17 years old will be charged with a class B felony. A person over 18 years old who knowingly sells a controlled substance to a person less than 14 years old will be charged with a class A-ii felony. These increased penalties are intended to protect minors from the dangers of substance abuse and trafficking. The law change will take effect 180 days after the bill becomes a law.
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 9, 2025 · 366 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1388 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the criminal sale of a controlled substance to a person less than fourteen years of age The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 220.48 of the penal law, as added by section 28 of 2 part AAA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 § 220.48 Criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child in the 5 second degree. 6 A person is guilty of criminal sale of a controlled substance to a 7 child in the second degree when, being over twenty-one years old, [he or8she] such person knowingly and unlawfully sells a controlled substance 9 in violation of section 220.34 or 220.39 of this article to a person 10 less than seventeen years old. 11 Criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child in the second 12 degree is a class B felony. 13 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 220.49 to read 14 as follows: 15 § 220.49 Criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child in the first 16 degree. 17 A person is guilty of criminal sale of a controlled substance to a 18 child in the first degree when, being over eighteen years old, such 19 person knowingly and unlawfully sells a controlled substance in 20 violation of section 220.34 or 220.39 of this article to a person less 21 than fourteen years old. 22 Criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child in the first degree 23 is a class A-II felony. 24 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 25 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01743-01-5
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