New York A 6844: Includes certain acts and subsequent penalties in the criminal sale of cannabis

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A06844 Summary:

BILL NOA06844 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01488

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SPONSORPalmesano

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COSPNSRAngelino, Brown K, Friend, Gallahan, McDonough, Mikulin

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§222.50, 222.55 & 222.60, Pen L; amd §132, Cannabis L

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Includes certain acts and subsequent penalties in the criminal sale of cannabis.

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BILL NOA06844 

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03/14/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6844

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 14, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, ANGELINO, K. BROWN, FRIEND, GALLAHAN,
 McDONOUGH, MIKULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the cannabis law, in relation to
 including certain acts and subsequent penalties in the criminal sale
 of cannabis

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

 1 Section 1. Section 222.50 of the penal law, as added by chapter 92 of
 2 the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 222.50 Criminal sale of cannabis in the third degree.
 4 A person is guilty of criminal sale of cannabis in the third degree
 5 when:
 6 1. [he or she] such person knowingly and unlawfully sells more than
 7 three ounces of cannabis or more than twenty-four grams of concentrated
 8 cannabis; or
 9 2. being twenty-one years of age or older, [he or she] such person
 10 knowingly and unlawfully sells or gives, or causes to be given or sold,
 11 cannabis or concentrated cannabis to a person less than twenty-one years
 12 of age; except that in any prosecution under this subdivision, it is a
 13 defense that the defendant was less than three years older than the
 14 person under the age of twenty-one at the time of the offense. This
 15 subdivision shall not apply to designated caregivers, practitioners,
 16 employees of a registered organization or employees of a designated
 17 caregiver facility acting in compliance with article three of the canna-
 18 bis law[.]; or
 19 3. any person, while employed or operating a commercial establishment,
 20 store, club, or facility, who knowingly and unlawfully sells, transfers,
 21 gifts or trades cannabis without an appropriate license or authority
 22 under the cannabis law. Any person convicted under this subdivision
 23 shall act to preclude such person from seeking, qualifying or receiving

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01895-01-5

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 1 any permit, license or authority to perform any activities under the
 2 cannabis law.
 3 Criminal sale of cannabis in the third degree is a class A misdemea-
 4 nor.
 5 § 2. Section 222.55 of the penal law, as added by chapter 92 of the
 6 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 7 § 222.55 Criminal sale of cannabis in the second degree.
 8 A person is guilty of criminal sale of cannabis in the second degree
 9 when:
 10 1. [he or she] such person knowingly and unlawfully sells more than
 11 sixteen ounces of cannabis or more than five ounces of concentrated
 12 cannabis; or
 13 2. being twenty-one years of age or older, [he or she] such person
 14 knowingly and unlawfully sells or gives, or causes to be given or sold,
 15 more than three ounces of cannabis or more than twenty-four grams of
 16 concentrated cannabis to a person less than eighteen years of age. This
 17 subdivision shall not apply to designated caregivers, practitioners,
 18 employees of a registered organization or employees of a designated
 19 caregiver facility acting in compliance with article three of the canna-
 20 bis law[.]; or
 21 3. any person, while employed or operating a commercial establishment,
 22 store, club, or facility, who knowingly and unlawfully sells, transfers,
 23 gifts or trades cannabis without an appropriate license or authority
 24 under the cannabis law. Any person convicted under this subdivision
 25 shall act to preclude such person from seeking, qualifying or receiving
 26 any permit, license or authority to pe