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A316Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS934

List New Illegal Opiates

Official title

“Designates certain substances as schedule I opiate controlled substances”

Sponsor Jeffrey DinowitzAD-81+9 co-sponsorsAffects Health
Status
In Assembly Committee
Health
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Health

What's happening

This bill adds acetyl fentanyl, butyryl fentanyl, and beta-hydroxythiofentanyl to New York's list of schedule I opiates.

Why it matters

  1. Targets emerging synthetic opioids. By adding these specific fentanyl analogs to Schedule I, New York is addressing the rapid evolution of designer drugs that are chemically tweaked to evade existing drug laws.

  2. Enables law enforcement action. Classifying these substances as Schedule I makes their possession, sale, or manufacture illegal, giving police and prosecutors clear authority to crack down on their distribution.

  3. Public health response to overdose crisis. These fentanyl analogs are highly potent and have been linked to overdose deaths; scheduling them aims to stem their availability and potentially save lives.

  4. Signals intent to keep up with drug trends. The amendment demonstrates the state’s commitment to proactively updating its controlled substances list as new, dangerous synthetic opioids appear on the illicit market.

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List New Illegal Opiates

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Jeffrey Dinowitz

Assembly Member · Assembly District 81

Chair, Codes

History

  1. Referred to health
  2. Print number 316a
  3. Amend and recommit to health
  4. Referred to health

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S934Senate

Ban New Synthetic Opiates

In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor Thomas Croci

Impact 4 · Low0% to pass

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

316--A

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 5, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, MOSLEY, GALEF, WOERNER, COLTON, HOOPER, BLAKE, OTIS, BARRETT, MALLIOTAKIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GLICK, RAMOS, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to designating certain substances as schedule I opiates

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

Section 1. Subdivision (b) of schedule I of section 3306 of the public health law is amended by adding three new paragraphs 56, 57, and 58 to read as follows:

(56) N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-N-phenylacetamide (Acetyl Fentanyl).

(57) N-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-N-phenylbutyramide (Butyryl Fentanyl).

(58) N-{1-{2-hydroxy-2-(thiophen-2-yl)ethyl}piperidin-4-yl}-N-phenylpropionamide(Beta-Hyolroxythiofentanyl).

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD01745-03-7

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