New York S 1244: Prohibits cannabis retail and on-site consumption licensees from operating such premises within one thousand feet of the perimeter of a school grounds

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S01244 Summary:

BILL NOS01244 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01587

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SPONSORADDABBO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§72, 77 & 86, Cannabis L

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Prohibits cannabis retail and on-site consumption licensees from operating such premises within one thousand feet of the perimeter of a school grounds; prohibits the advertising and marketing of cannabis content within one thousand feet of the perimeter of a school grounds, playgrounds, child day care providers, public parks, and libraries.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1244

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 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 the perimeter of a school grounds

 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 the perimeter of a school grounds as such
 5 term is defined in the education law or within two hundred feet of a
 6 house of worship.
 7 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 77 of the cannabis law is amended to
 8 read as follows:
 9 4. No applicant shall be granted an adult-use on-site consumption
 10 license for any premises within [five hundred] one thousand feet of the
 11 perimeter of a school grounds as such term is defined in the education
 12 law or two hundred feet from a house of worship.
 13 § 3. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 86 of the cannabis law
 14 is amended to read as follows:
 15 (e) is within or is readily observed within [five hundred] one thou-
 16 sand feet of the perimeter of a school grounds, playground, child day
 17 care providers, public park, or library;
 18 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03077-01-5

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