A 4929 — Decriminalizes possession of controlled substances, establishes the drug decriminalization task force; repealer
Congress · introduced 2025-02-10
Eliminates criminal and civil penalties for possession of controlled substances; establishes the drug decriminalization task force to develop recommendations for reforming state laws, regulations and practices so that they align with the stated goal of treating substance use disorder as a disease, rather than a criminal behavior.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM
Sponsors
- Demond Meeks (—, NY-137) — sponsor · 2025-02-10
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (—, NY-34) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Harvey Epstein (—, NY-74) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Emily Gallagher (—, NY-50) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Chris Burdick (—, NY-93) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Chantel Jackson (—, NY-79) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Zohran Mamdani (—, NY-36) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Latrice Walker (—, NY-55) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Tony Simone (—, NY-75) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Maritza Davila (—, NY-53) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Marcela Mitaynes (—, NY-51) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Phara Souffrant Forrest (—, NY-57) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
- Jo Anne Simon (—, NY-52) — cosponsor · 2025-02-10
Action timeline
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Inbound (13)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-10 | Jo Anne Simon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Zohran Mamdani | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Tony Simone | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Marcela Mitaynes | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Chantel Jackson | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Phara Souffrant Forrest | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Chris Burdick | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Emily Gallagher | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Latrice Walker | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Maritza Davila | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Demond Meeks | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-10 | Harvey Epstein | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Demond Meeks (—, state_lower NY-137) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Chantel Jackson (—, state_lower NY-79) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Chris Burdick (—, state_lower NY-93) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Emily Gallagher (—, state_lower NY-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Harvey Epstein (—, state_lower NY-74) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (—, state_lower NY-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jo Anne Simon (—, state_lower NY-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Latrice Walker (—, state_lower NY-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Marcela Mitaynes (—, state_lower NY-51) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Maritza Davila (—, state_lower NY-53) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Phara Souffrant Forrest (—, state_lower NY-57) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Tony Simone (—, state_lower NY-75) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Zohran Mamdani (—, state_lower NY-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Emily Gallagher (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Zohran Mamdani (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Harvey Epstein (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Tony Simone (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Maritza Davila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · sponsored by Demond Meeks (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Jo Anne Simon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Chantel Jackson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Phara Souffrant Forrest (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Marcela Mitaynes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Latrice Walker (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-10 · cosponsored by Chris Burdick (cosponsor) · sponsorship