New York A 1007: Relates to restrictions on cannabis use near children

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A01007 Summary:

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Prohibits the use of cannabis within thirty feet of a child or within thirty feet of any location in which children reside or attend for any recreational or educational purpose; provides for increased penalties for a second or subsequent violation.

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01/08/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1007

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. STECK, BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to restrictions on cannabis
 use near children

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

 1 Section 1. Section 222.10 of the penal law, as added by chapter 92 of
 2 the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 222.10 Restrictions on cannabis use.
 4 Unless otherwise authorized by law or regulation, no person shall:
 5 1. smoke or vape cannabis in a location where smoking or vaping canna-
 6 bis is prohibited pursuant to article thirteen-E of the public health
 7 law; [or]
 8 2. smoke, vape or ingest cannabis or concentrated cannabis in or upon
 9 the grounds of a school, as defined in subdivision ten of section eleven
 10 hundred twenty-five of the education law or in or on a school bus, as
 11 defined in section one hundred forty-two of the vehicle and traffic law;
 12 provided, however, provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to
 13 acts that are in compliance with article three of the cannabis law; or
 14 3. smoke or vape cannabis within thirty feet of a child or within
 15 thirty feet of any location in which children reside or attend for any
 16 recreational or educational purpose, including areas separated by walls,
 17 closed doors or floors within a building.
 18 Notwithstanding any other section of law, violations of restrictions
 19 on cannabis use are subject to a civil penalty not exceeding twenty-five
 20 dollars or an amount of community service not exceeding twenty hours;
 21 provided that for a second or subsequent violation of the restrictions
 22 set forth in subdivision three of this section, a person shall be
 23 charged with a class B misdemeanor.
 24 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 25 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00686-01-5

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