Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S2722
Timestamp: 2020-02-26 22:13:16
Document Index: 744700349

Matched Legal Cases: ['§3302', '§3306', '§220', '§ 355', '§  2', '§ 3306', '§ 3']

NY State Senate Bill S2722
senate Bill S2722
Provides that a controlled substance analogue shall be deemed to be the controlled substance to which it is substantially similar or mimics
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May 31, 2018 1st report cal.1486
Mar 07, 2017 1st report cal.387
S2722 (ACTIVE) - Details
Amd §3302, add §3306-a, Pub Health L; amd §220.00, Pen L
S1652, A6757
S2722 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that a controlled substance analogue shall be deemed to be the controlled substance to which it is substantially similar or mimics.
S2722 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:  S2722
law, in relation to controlled substance analogues
To ban the analog substances of scheduled controlled substances. This
bill will give state drug and law enforcement agencies and individuals
another tool to combat the quickly moving world of designer drugs.
Section 1 of the bill defines a controlled substance analogue as a
substance that has a chemical structure, which is substantially
similar to the chemical structure of a controlled substance and either
has a stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect on the central
nervous system. Any substance that is represented or intended to have
a stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect on the central
nervous system is also included in the definition.
Section 2 states that the term controlled substance analogue includes
the controlled substance of which it is an analogue for purposes of
Section 3 defines the mens rea element of "knowingly" under the penal
law in relation to prosecution of controlled substance analogues.
Section 4 states that this Act shall take effect immediately.
far slower to act than the manufacturers of designer drugs. On the
substance in schedule or IL" This legislation creates a similar state
law to ban the analogs of controlled substances.
S.1640 of 2016 Passed Senate
S.1640 of 2015 Passed Senate
S.2447 of 2014 Passed Senate
S.2447 of 2013 Passed Senate
S2722 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
Introduced  by  Sens. KLEIN, AMEDORE, GALLIVAN, KENNEDY, MURPHY, O'MARA,
ORTT, SERINO, VALESKY -- read twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
Section 1.  Section 3302 of the public health law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 44 to read as follows:
44.  "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ANALOGUE" (A) MEANS A SUBSTANCE, THE CHEMI-
CAL STRUCTURE OF WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE  CHEMICAL  STRUC-
TURE  OF  A  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE LISTED IN SCHEDULE I OR II OF SECTION
THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THIS TITLE, AND WHICH EITHER:
(I) HAS A  STIMULANT,  DEPRESSANT  OR  HALLUCINOGENIC  EFFECT  ON  THE
CENTRAL  NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT MIMICS OR IS SIMILAR TO OR GREATER THAN THE
SYSTEM  OF  A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE LISTED IN SCHEDULE I OR II OF SECTION
THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THIS TITLE; OR
(II) WITH RESPECT TO A PARTICULAR PERSON, IS  A  SUBSTANCE  THAT  SUCH
PERSON REPRESENTS OR INTENDS TO HAVE A STIMULANT, DEPRESSANT OR HALLUCI-
NOGENIC EFFECT ON THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMI-
LAR  TO  OR  GREATER  THAN  THE  STIMULANT, DEPRESSANT OR HALLUCINOGENIC
EFFECT ON THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE LISTED IN
SCHEDULE I OR II OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THIS TITLE.
BY THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA); OR
(III) WITH RESPECT TO  A  PARTICULAR  PERSON,  ANY  SUBSTANCE,  IF  AN
EXEMPTION  IS  IN  EFFECT  FOR  INVESTIGATIONAL  USE FOR THAT PERSON, AS
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PROVIDED BY 21 U.S.C. § 355, TO THE EXTENT CONDUCT WITH RESPECT  TO  THE
SUBSTANCE IS PURSUANT TO SUCH EXEMPTION.
§  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3306-a
§ 3306-A. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE  ANALOGUES.    A  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCE
ANALOGUE  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  BE,  FOR  ALL  PURPOSES,  INCLUDING ALL
PROVISIONS OF LAW, THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OF WHICH IT IS AN ANALOGUE.
§ 3. Section 220.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
21. "KNOWINGLY" WHEN USED IN CONNECTION WITH AN OFFENSE INVOLVING  THE
POSSESSION  OR  SALE,  OR THE ATTEMPT OR CONSPIRACY TO POSSESS OR SELL A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ANALOGUE, SHALL NOT REQUIRE KNOWLEDGE BY  A  PERSON
OF THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF THE SUBSTANCE, BUT RATHER, IT IS SUFFICIENT
(A)  SUCH  PERSON  KNEW  OR  SHOULD  HAVE  KNOWN  THAT  THE CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE ANALOGUE HAS A STIMULANT, DEPRESSANT OR HALLUCINOGENIC  EFFECT
ON THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO OR GREAT-
ER  THAN  THE  STIMULANT,  DEPRESSANT  OR  HALLUCINOGENIC  EFFECT ON THE
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE LISTED IN SCHEDULE I OR
II OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW; OR
(B) SUCH PERSON REPRESENTED OR INTENDED FOR THE SUBSTANCE  TO  HAVE  A