Enacts "Chelsey's law" to classify selling or delivering controlled substances that cause death as manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter.

The bill, known as "Chelsey's law," amends the penal law to establish that selling, administering, delivering, or causing the delivery of a controlled substance to another person, knowing or having reasonable grounds to know that it is likely to cause death, constitutes the crime of manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter. This applies when the substance causes, contributes to, or aids in the death of the other person.

Enacts "Chelsey's law" to classify selling or delivering controlled substances that cause death as manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter.

The bill, known as "Chelsey's law," amends the penal law to establish that selling, administering, delivering, or causing the delivery of a controlled substance to another person, knowing or having reasonable grounds to know that it is likely to cause death, constitutes the crime of manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter. This applies when the substance causes, contributes to, or aids in the death of the other person.