New York A 3501: Relates to the retail sale and on-site consumption of cannabis within one thousand feet of a school or child day care center

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A03501 Summary:

BILL NOA03501 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRajkumar

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§72 & 77, Cannabis L

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Prohibits cannabis retail and on-site consumption licensees from operating such premises within one thousand feet of school grounds or a child day care center.

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BILL NOA03501 

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01/28/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3501

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 28, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to prohibiting cannabis
 retail and on-site consumption licensees from operating such premises
 within one thousand feet of a school or a child day care center

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 72 of the cannabis law is amended
 2 to read as follows:
 3 6. No cannabis retail licensee shall locate a storefront within [five
 4 hundred] one thousand feet of [a] school grounds as such term is defined
 5 in the education law, or within one thousand feet of a child day care
 6 center as defined in the social services law, or within two hundred feet
 7 of a house of worship.
 8 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 77 of the cannabis law is amended to
 9 read as follows:
 10 4. No applicant shall be granted an adult-use on-site consumption
 11 license for any premises within [five hundred] one thousand feet of
 12 school grounds as such term is defined in the education law, or within
 13 one thousand feet of a child day care center as defined in the social
 14 services law, or within two hundred feet [from] of a house of worship.
 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07483-01-5

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