Zaccaro, Alvarez, Lavine, De Los Santos, Simone, Forrest, Shimsky, Lucas, Cunningham, Cruz, Simon,
Sayegh, Epstein, Bichotte Hermelyn, Bores, Brown K, Chang, Giglio, Pirozzolo, DeStefano, Pheffer
Amato, Weprin
MLTSPNSR
Add §392-k, Gen Bus L
Prohibits the knowing sale of xylazine above a certain weight 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--A
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,
EPSTEIN, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, BORES, K. BROWN, CHANG, GIGLIO, PIROZZOLO,
DeSTEFANO, PHEFFER AMATO, WEPRIN -- 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
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
sale of xylazine above a certain weight
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 in quantities of fifty
9 grams or more.
10 3. No corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm,
11 online platform, or any other business entity doing business within this
12 state shall knowingly sell, offer for sale, or deliver fifty grams or
13 more of xylazine to individuals without proof of its intended use for
14 institutional, veterinary, or scientific purposes.
15 4. No corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm,
16 online platform, or other business entity doing business within this
17 state shall knowingly sell, offer for sale, or deliver fifty grams or
18 more of xylazine to individuals under the age of twenty-one.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 5. Any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm,
2 online platform, or other business entity doing business within this
3 state which knowingly sells, offers for sale, or distributes fifty grams
4 or more of xylazine, shall require and retain sales records, proof of
5 age, and proof of use from all purchasers.
6 6. Any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm,
7 online platform, or other business entity doing business within this
8 state that violates the provisions of this section by knowingly selling,
9 offering for sale, or delivering fifty grams or more of xylazine shall
10 be subject to a civil penalty of not more than three thousand dollars
11 for a first violation, and sixty-five hundred dollars for each subse-
12 quent violation, recoverable in an action by the attorney general of the
13 state of New York. All funds collected or received by the state from
14 civil penalties imposed under this section shall be deposited in the New
15 York state drug treatment and public education fund established pursuant
16 to section ninety-nine-jj of the state finance law.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
