STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5877 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 20, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO, BRABENEC, KOLB, B. MILLER, REILLY, DeSTE- FANO, LAWRENCE, MORINELLO, SMITH, FINCH, McDONOUGH, NORRIS, HAWLEY, MIKULIN, RA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. TAGUE, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the criminal possession of fentanyl The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 220.79 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 220.79 Criminal possession of fentanyl. 4 A person is guilty of criminal possession of fentanyl when he or she 5 knowingly and unlawfully possesses, manufactures, distributes, or uses 6 fentanyl to enhance another illegal substance. 7 Criminal possession of fentanyl is a class E felony. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02731-02-9