Pheffer Amato, Buttenschon, Colton, Conrad, Fall, Jones, Lunsford, Santabarbara, Stirpe, Simon,
Williams, Ra, Brown K, Brown E, Blankenbush, Blumencranz, DeStefano, Gandolfo, Durso, McDonough,
Gray, Slater, Chang, Kassay, Bendett
MLTSPNSR
Shimsky
Amd §§3305 & 3306, Pub Health L
Adds xylazine to the depressants designated as controlled substances with the exception of use in cattle or other nonhuman species if approved by the federal food and drug administration.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5099
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. STERN, PHEFFER AMATO, BUTTENSCHON, COLTON,
CONRAD, FALL, JONES, LUNSFORD, SANTABARBARA, STIRPE, SIMON, WILLIAMS,
RA, K. BROWN, E. BROWN, BLANKENBUSH, BLUMENCRANZ, DeSTEFANO, GANDOLFO,
DURSO, McDONOUGH, GRAY, SLATER, CHANG -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to adding xylazine to
the depressants designated as controlled substances
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3305 of the public health law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
3 (e) to any individual who possesses, sells, administers, prescribes,
4 or distributes any substance containing xylazine expressly intended for
5 administration through injections to cattle or other nonhuman species
6 and that are approved by the federal food and drug administration solely
7 for such use.
8 § 2. Subdivision (e) of schedule I of section 3306 of the public
9 health law is amended by adding a new paragraph 7 to read as follows:
10 (7) Xylazine (N- (2, 6-dimethylphenyl) - 5, 6-dihydro-4H-1,3 thiazin-
11 2-a-mine). This subdivision shall not include any substance containing
12 xylazine expressly intended for administration through injections to
13 cattle or other nonhuman species and that are approved by the federal
14 food and drug administration. Any individual who knowingly and willfully
15 administers to themself or another person, prescribes, dispenses or
16 distributes such substances when any such substance is intended for
17 human consumption or for any purpose other than injection to cattle or
18 nonhuman species shall be subject to the same penalties as any individ-
19 ual or practitioner who violates the provisions of this section, section
20 thirty-three hundred four of this title, or any other penalties
21 prescribed by law.
22 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
23 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05289-01-5
