New York S01388 amends the penal law to classify the criminal sale of a controlled substance by an adult to a person less than fourteen years of age.
New York S01388 amends the penal law by adding a new section that classifies the criminal sale of a controlled substance by an adult to a person less than fourteen years of age as a class A-II felony. This change aims to strengthen penalties for those who knowingly and unlawfully sell controlled substances to very young children, emphasizing the severity of such actions. The new law will take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it becomes a statute.
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