New York A 7709: Relates to the registration of vapor products dealers by the department of health and by municipalities, and to the revocation of licenses and registrations for the knowing and unlawful sale of cannabis

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A07709 Summary:

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Add §§1399-mm-4 & 1399-mm-5, amd §1399-ee, Pub Health L; amd §§1183 & 1607, Tax L; amd §133, Cannabis L; amd
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Requires vapor products dealers to be registered with the department of health; permits municipalities to require additional registration of vapor products dealers; permits the revocation of licenses and registrations by the commissioner of health, the cannabis control board, the state liquor authority, and the department of taxation and finance as a result of the knowing and unlawful sale of cannabis.

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04/08/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7709

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. STERN, K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring vapor
 products dealers to be registered with the department of health; to
 amend the tax law, in relation to the registration of vapor products
 dealers by municipalities, and the revocation of a vapor products
 dealer certificate of registration by the commissioner of taxation and
 finance; and to amend the public health law, the tax law, the cannabis
 law and the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to the revoca-
 tion of licenses and registrations for the knowing and unlawful sale
 of cannabis

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

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 1399-mm-4 to read as follows:
 3 § 1399-mm-4. Vapor products dealer registration. 1. Any vapor products
 4 dealer selling vapor products in the state shall be registered with the
 5 department. The department shall oversee the operations of such regis-
 6 tered vapor products dealers.
 7 2. (a) A municipality may require additional, municipality-specific
 8 registration or licensing of vapor products dealers. Such municipality
 9 may establish grounds for revocation of such a registration or license
 10 which may include, but shall not be limited to, the knowing and unlawful
 11 sale of any cannabis, cannabis product as defined in subdivision nine of
 12 section three of the cannabis law, or concentrated cannabis as defined
 13 in subdivision seventeen of section three of the cannabis law.
 14 (b) A municipality shall revoke the certificate of occupancy of any
 15 vapor products dealer that knowingly and unlawfully sells any cannabis,
 16 cannabis product as defined in subdivision nine of section three of the
 17 cannabis law, or concentrated cannabis as defined in subdivision seven-
 18 teen of section three of the cannabis law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05297-01-5

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 1 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 1399-mm-5 to read as follows:
 3 § 1399-mm-5. Unlawful sale of cannabis by vapor products dealers. Any
 4 vapor products dealer that knowingly and unlawfully sells any cannabis,
 5 cannabis product as defined in subdivision nine of section three of the
 6 cannabis law, or concentrated cannabis as defined in subdivision seven-
 7 teen of section three of the cannabis law shall be subject to a penalty
 8 of ten thousand dollars.
 9 § 3. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (d) of section 1183 of the tax law, as
 10 added by section 1 of part UU of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is
 11 amended to read as follows:
 12 (1) The commissioner shall refuse to issue a certificate of registra-
 13 tion to any applicant who does not possess a valid certificate of
 14 authority under section eleven hundred thirty-four of this chapter. In
 15 addition, the commissioner may refuse to issue a certificate of regis-
 16 tration, or suspend, cancel or revoke a certificate of registration
 17 issued to any person who: (A)