New York A 7646: Enacts the "cannabis adult-use transition act"

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A07646 Summary:

BILL NOA07646 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03151

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SPONSORBronson

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COSPNSRReyes, Cruz, Zaccaro

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§14, 39, 63 & 72, add §85-a, Cannabis L; amd §99-ii, St Fin L

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Enacts the "cannabis adult-use transition act"; increases the number of members on the state cannabis advisory board from thirteen to seventeen voting appointed members; provides that an eligible registered organization shall be authorized as a registered organization adult-use cultivator processor distributor retail dispensary upon approval of an application to the office of cannabis management that must be available to such registered organizations no later than August first, two thousand twenty-five and remain available thereafter; provides that the office must approve or deny such application within thirty days of its submission or it shall be deemed approved; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOA07646 

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04/04/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

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Go to topA07646 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7646

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 4, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, REYES, CRUZ, ZACCARO -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law and the state finance law, in relation
 to enacting the "cannabis adult-use transition act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "cannabis adult-use transition act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and intent. Chapter 92 of the laws of 2021,
 4 known as the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act, legalized and regu-
 5 lated cannabis for adult-use; expanded and improved the medical cannabis
 6 program and the hemp program; established the Cannabis Control Board and
 7 the Office of Cannabis Management, and codified historical social and
 8 economic equity policies. Chapter 18 of the laws of 2022 created the
 9 conditional adult-use cultivator and processor licenses to jump start
 10 New York's adult-use cannabis market with small New York farmers.
 11 The legislature recognizes that due to a variety of circumstances
 12 beyond the control of New York's cannabis licensees and applicants,
 13 there have been delays and unforeseen challenges with the implementation
 14 of various components of the state's cannabis markets. Conditional
 15 cultivators cannot afford to process their cannabis or sell their
 16 finished products; conditional processors are struggling with limited
 17 retail outlets; conditional adult-use retail dispensary licensees and
 18 applicants do not have access to capital, locations, or the resources
 19 they need to become operational; and the state's medical registered
 20 organizations and patients are facing a diminishing medical cannabis
 21 market. As a result, the state's cannabis industries are losing value
 22 and jobs, patients are being left behind, and the illicit market is
 23 growing.
 24 § 3. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 14 of the cannabis law are
 25 amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03184-01-5

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 1 2. The state cannabis advisory board shall consist of [thirteen]
 2 seventeen voting appointed members, along with a representative from the
 3 department of environmental conservation, the department of agriculture
 4 and markets, the office of children and family services, the department
 5 of labor, the department of health, the division of housing and communi-
 6 ty renewal, the office of addiction services and supports, and the
 7 department of education, serving as non-voting ex-officio members. The
 8 governor shall have [seven] eleven appointments, the temporary president
 9 of the senate and the speaker of the assembly shall each have three
 10 appointments to the board. The members shall be appointed to each serve
 11 three year terms an