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 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
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 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer
Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
sale of xylazine
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. No corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm,
8 online platform, or any other business entity doing business within this
9 state shall knowingly sell, offer for sale, or deliver xylazine to indi-
10 viduals without proof of its intended use for institutional, veterinary,
11 or scientific purposes.
12 3. No corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm,
13 online platform, or other business entity doing business within this
14 state shall knowingly sell, offer for sale, or deliver xylazine to indi-
15 viduals under the age of twenty-one.
16 4. Any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm,
17 online platform or other business entity doing business within this
18 state which knowingly sells, offers for sale, or distributes xylazine,
19 shall require and retain sales records, proof of age, and proof of use
20 from all purchasers.
21 5. Any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm,
22 online platform, or other business entity doing business within this
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 state that violates the provisions of this section by knowingly selling,
2 offering for sale, or delivering xylazine shall be subject to a civil
3 penalty of not more than three thousand dollars for a first violation,
4 and sixty-five hundred dollars for each subsequent violation, recovera-
5 ble in an action by the attorney general of the state of New York. All
6 funds collected or received by the state from civil penalties imposed
7 under this section shall be deposited in the New York state drug treat-
8 ment and public education fund established pursuant to section ninety-
9 nine-jj of the state finance law.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
