New York A 8820: Authorizes the office of cannabis management and cannabis control board establish a track and trace program

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A08820 Summary:

BILL NOA08820B

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORDais

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COSPNSRSchiavoni, Davila, Levenberg, Taylor

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §99-ii, St Fin L; amd §78, Cannabis L

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Authorizes the office of cannabis management and cannabis control board to establish a track and trace program; requires certain tracking requirements on cannabis sold within the state.

Go to top A08820 Actions:

BILL NOA08820B

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06/09/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

03/20/2026amend and recommit to economic development

03/20/2026print number 8820a

04/02/2026amend (t) and recommit to economic development

04/02/2026print number 8820b

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Go to topA08820 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8820--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 9, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. DAIS, SCHIAVONI -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Economic Development -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Economic Development in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the usage of funds
 in the New York state cannabis revenue fund; and to amend the cannabis
 law, in relation to record keeping and tracking of cannabis

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 99-ii of the
 2 state finance law, as added by chapter 92 of the laws of 2021, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (b) Reasonable costs incurred by the office of cannabis management and
 5 the cannabis control board for implementing, administering, and enforc-
 6 ing the marihuana regulation and taxation act, including, but not limit-
 7 ed to, the cost of implementing a track and trace program with a unique
 8 package identifier. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "package"
 9 shall mean a single regulatory identification number, whether repres-
 10 ented by alphanumeric characters, symbols, a barcode, or a QR code,
 11 applied to all line items on a shipping manifest. Further, for the
 12 purposes of this paragraph, the term "line items" shall mean cases of
 13 products, and shall expressly exclude any unique identifiers assigned to
 14 the individual product units contained within such cases.
 15 § 2. Section 78 of the cannabis law is amended to read as follows:
 16 § 78. Record keeping and tracking. 1. The board shall, by regulation,
 17 require each licensee pursuant to this article to adopt and maintain
 18 security, tracking, record keeping, record retention and surveillance
 19 systems, relating to all cannabis at every stage of acquiring,
 20 possession, manufacture, sale, delivery, transporting, testing or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10699-05-6

 A. 8820--B 2

 1 distributing by the licensee, subject to regulations of the board.
 2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board shall not
 3 require a licensee to track, record, or maintain data for individual
 4 product units beyond a package level. For purposes of this subdivision,
 5 the term "package" shall mean a single regulatory identification number,
 6 whether represented by alphanumeric characters, symbols, a barcode, or a
 7 QR code, applied to all line items on a shipping manifest. Further, for
 8 the purposes of this subdivision, the term "line items" shall mean cases
 9 of products, and shall expressly exclude any unique identifiers assigned
 10 to the individual product item contained within such cases.
 11 2. Every licensee shall keep and maintain upon the licensed premises,
 12 adequate books and records of all transactions involving the licensee
 13 and sale of its products with a unique package identifier, which shall
 14 include, but is not limited to, all information required by any rules
 15