New York A 10601: Establishes a low potency cannabis beverage retail permit

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A10601 Summary:

BILL NOA10601 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORStirpe

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COSPNSRGibbs

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§71, 72 & 3, Cannabis L; amd §§63, 3, 105 & 102, add §63-b, ABC L; amd §493, Tax L; amd §99-ii, St Fin L

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Authorizes the issuance of a low potency cannabis beverage retail permit to licensed off-premises liquor and wine stores to allow the regulated sale of low potency cannabis single use beverages that contain no more than 5mg of THC manufactured by New York state adult-use licensees; provides for the allocation of low potency cannabis beverage tax revenue in the New York state cannabis revenue fund.

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BILL NOA10601 

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03/13/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10601

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 13, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law and the alcoholic beverage control law,
 in relation to the issuance of a low potency cannabis beverage retail
 permit; to amend the tax law, in relation to the imposition of tax on
 the sale or transfer of certain low potency cannabis beverages; and to
 amend the state finance law, in relation to the allocation of low
 potency cannabis beverage tax revenue in the New York state cannabis
 revenue fund

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 71 of the cannabis law is amended
 2 to read as follows:
 3 1. A distributor's license shall authorize the acquisition,
 4 possession, distribution and sale of cannabis from the licensed premises
 5 of a licensed adult-use cultivator, processor, adult-use cooperative,
 6 microbusiness, or registered organization authorized pursuant to this
 7 chapter to sell adult-use cannabis, to duly licensed retail
 8 dispensaries, businesses licensed under section sixty-three of the alco-
 9 holic beverage control law, and on-site consumption sites.
 10 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 72 of the cannabis law is amended to
 11 read as follows:
 12 1. Except as otherwise provided in section sixty-three-b of the alco-
 13 holic beverage control law, no person shall sell cannabis at retail
 14 without a retail dispensary license. A retail dispensary license shall
 15 authorize the acquisition, possession, sale and delivery of cannabis
 16 from the licensed premises of the retail dispensary by such licensee to
 17 cannabis consumers.
 18 § 3. Section 3 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 19 sion 56 to read as follows:
 20 56. "Low potency cannabis beverage" means a single-use beverage
 21 container that contains no more than five milligrams of total THC.
 22 § 4. Subdivisions 1 and 4 of section 63 of the alcoholic beverage
 23 control law, subdivision 1 as amended by section 3 of part K of chapter

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14705-01-6

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 1 60 of the laws of 2004 and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 24 of the
 2 laws of 2024, are amended to read as follows:
 3 1. Any person may make an application to the appropriate board for a
 4 seven day license to sell liquor or low potency cannabis beverages at
 5 retail not to be consumed upon the premises where sold. Such application
 6 shall be in such form and shall contain such information as shall be
 7 required by the rules of the liquor authority and shall be accompanied
 8 by a check or draft in the amount required by this article for such
 9 license.
 10 4. No licensee under this section shall be engaged in any other busi-
 11 ness on the licensed premises. The sale of lottery tickets, when duly
 12 authorized and lawfully conducted, the sale of reusable bags as defined
 13 in section 27-2801 of the environmental conservation law, the sale of
 14 corkscrews or the sale of ice or the sale of publications, including
 15 prerecorded video and/or audio cassette tapes, or educational seminars,
 16 des