STATE OF NEW YORK
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2214
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the defi-
nition of drugs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 114-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
2 chapter 92 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 114-a. Drug. The term "drug" when used in this chapter, means and
4 includes any substance listed in section thirty-three hundred six of the
5 public health law and cannabis and concentrated cannabis as defined in
6 section 222.00 of the penal law and any substance or combination of
7 substances that impair, to any extent, physical or mental abilities.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
9 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06130-01-5
