Prohibits the knowing sale, offer for sale, or delivery of xylazine to persons under the age of 21 and without proof of the intended use for institutional, veterinary, or scientific purposes.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1248--C
Cal. No. 44
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA, ZACCARO, ALVAREZ, LAVINE, DE LOS SANTOS,
SIMONE, FORREST, SHIMSKY, LUCAS, CUNNINGHAM, CRUZ, SIMON, SAYEGH,
BICHOTTE HERMELYN, BORES, K. BROWN, CHANG, GIGLIO, PIROZZOLO, DeSTEFA-
NO, PHEFFER AMATO, WEPRIN, SANTABARBARA, WALSH, REYES -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection --
reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- reported and
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules --
ordered to a third reading, passed by Assembly and delivered to the
Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended,
ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the special order of third
reading -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
retaining its place on the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
sale, offer for sale, or delivery of xylazine
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 392-k to read as follows:
3 § 392-k. Sale of xylazine. 1. For purposes of this section, the term
4 "xylazine" shall mean a pharmaceutical drug used for sedation, anes-
5 thesia, muscle relaxation, and analgesia in animals such as horses,
6 cattle, and other non-human mammals.
7 2. The provisions of this section shall apply only to the sale, offer
8 for sale, delivery, or distribution of xylazine.
9 3. No corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm,
10 online platform, or any other business entity doing business within this
11 state shall knowingly sell, offer for sale, or deliver xylazine to indi-
12 viduals without proof of its intended use for institutional, veterinary,
13 or scientific purposes, including but not limited to obtaining a copy of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 such individual's active license to practice veterinary medicine under
2 article one hundred thirty-five of the education law, or an affidavit
3 that such individual is otherwise not prohibited under this section from
4 purchasing xylazine.
5 4. No corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm,
6 online platform, or other business entity doing business within this
7 state shall knowingly sell, offer for sale, or deliver xylazine to indi-
8 viduals under the age of twenty-one, demonstrated via government issued
9 identification by the individual, veterinary representative, or purchas-
10 ing agent.
11 5. Any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm,
12 online platform, or other business entity doing business within this
13 state which knowingly sells, offers for sale, or distributes xylazine,
14 shall require and retain, for a minimum of five years, sales records,
15 proof of age, and proof of use from all purchasers.
16 6. Any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm,
17 online platform, or other business entity doing business within this
18 state that violates the provisions of this section by knowingly selling,
19 offering for sale, or delivering xylazine shall be subject to a civil
20 penalty of not more than three thousand dollars for a first violation,
21 and sixty-five hundred dollars for each subsequent violation, recovera-
22 ble in an action by the attorney general of the state of New York. All
23 funds collected or received by the state from civil penalties imposed
24 under this section shall be deposited in the New York state drug treat-
25 ment and public education fund established pursuant to section ninety-
26 nine-jj of the state finance law.
27 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
28 have become a law.
