New York A 8710: Relates to a conditional adult-use retail dispensary license

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A08710 Summary:

BILL NOA08710 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07890

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SPONSORStirpe

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §72-a, Cannabis L

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Provides for minimum requirements for a conditional adult-use retail dispensary license.

Go to top A08710 Actions:

BILL NOA08710 

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06/02/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

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Go to topA08710 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8710

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 2, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to a conditional adult-use
 retail dispensary license

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

 1 Section 1. The cannabis law is amended by adding a new section 72-a to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 72-a. Conditional adult-use retail dispensary license. 1. The
 4 following minimum requirements shall be met to become an eligible appli-
 5 cant for this license:
 6 (a) an applicant shall demonstrate:
 7 (i) a significant presence in New York state, either individually or
 8 by having a principal corporate location in the state;
 9 (ii) it is incorporated or otherwise organized under the laws of New
 10 York state; or
 11 (iii) a majority of the ownership of the applicant are residents of
 12 New York state by being physically present in the state no less than one
 13 hundred eighty calendar days during the current year or five hundred
 14 forty calendar days over the course of three years;
 15 (b) if the applicant is an individual, or an entity with one or more
 16 individuals, at least one individual shall:
 17 (i) be justice involved, which means an individual that:
 18 (A) was convicted of a marihuana-related offense in New York state
 19 prior to March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-one;
 20 (B) had a parent, legal guardian, child, spouse, or dependent who was
 21 convicted of a marihuana-related offense in New York state prior to
 22 March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-one; or
 23 (C) was a dependent of an individual who was convicted of a marihua-
 24 na-related offense in New York state prior to March thirty-first, two
 25 thousand twenty-one; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11965-01-5

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 1 (ii) provide evidence of the primary residence of the justice involved
 2 individual at the time of such individual's arrest or conviction; and
 3 (iii) hold or have held, for a minimum of two years, at least ten
 4 percent ownership interest in, and control of, a qualifying business,
 5 which means a business that had net profit for at least two of the years
 6 the business was in operation; or
 7 (c) if the applicant is a nonprofit organization, or wholly owned and
 8 controlled by one, the nonprofit organization shall:
 9 (i) be recognized as an entity pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the
 10 Internal Revenue Code;
 11 (ii) intentionally serve justice involved individuals and communities
 12 with historically high rates of arrest, conviction, incarceration or
 13 other indicators of law enforcement activity for marihuana-related
 14 offenses;
 15 (iii) operate and manage a social enterprise that had at least two
 16 years of positive net assets or profit as evidenced in the organiza-
 17 tion's tax returns;
 18 (iv) have a history of creating vocational opportunity for justice
 19 involved individuals;
 20 (v) have a justice involved individual or individuals on its board or
 21 as officers; and
 22 (vi) have at least five full-time employees.
 23 2. At least fifty-one percent or more of the applicant shall be owned,
 24 in the aggregate, by:
 25 (a) at least one individual that satisfies the requirements for an
 26 eligible applicant as set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision
 27 one of this section or an entity that satisfies the requirements for an
 28 eligible applicant as set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision
 29 one of this section; and
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