Requires applicants for a license to cultivate, process, distribute, deliver, or dispense cannabis within the state to pay a prevailing wage or have entered into a project labor agreement for the construction of buildings or transportation of items relating to the activity described in the application.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5775
SPONSOR: Giglio TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the cannabis law, in relation to requiring applicants
for a license to cultivate, process, distribute, deliver, or dispense
cannabis within the state to pay a prevailing wage or have entered into
a project labor agreement for the construction of buildings or transpor-
tation of items relating to the activity described in the application
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Requires applicants for a cannabis license to pay a prevailing wage or
have entered into a project labor agreement for the construction of
buildings or transportation.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1- paragraphs (1) and (m) of subdivision 1 of section 64 of the
cannabis laws are amended and a new paragraph (n) is added (I) the
applicant satisfies any other conditions as determined by the board; and
(m) if the applicant is a registered organization, the organization's
maintenance of effort in manufacturing and/or dispensing and/or research
of medical cannabis for certified patients and caregivers and (n) the
applicant will pay a prevailing wage or has entered into a project labor
agreement for the construction of any buildings which will be used to
properly carry on the activity described in the application and for
transportation to and from the grower to the applicant or to and from
the manufacturer to the retail licensee.
Section 2 - Effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
New York state's new cannabis law will provide for new business opportu-
nities with the construction of new buildings and the transportation of
goods from cultivation to dispensing. Both prevailing wage requirements
and projects labor agreements ensure workers earn fair wages in a safe
working environment while employers' benefit from greater productivity
and cost savings. This bill will ensure that prevailing wage and labor
agreements are met to ensure workers in NYS cannabis businesses are
protected.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2022 A.8093 - referred to codes
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5775
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 20, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to requiring applicants
for a license to cultivate, process, distribute, deliver, or dispense
cannabis within the state to pay a prevailing wage or have entered
into a project labor agreement for the construction of buildings or
transportation of items relating to the activity described in the
application
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (m) and (n) of subdivision 1 of section 64 of
2 the cannabis law, paragraph (m) as amended and paragraph (n) as added by
3 section 15 of part UU of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, are amended and
4 a new paragraph (o) is added to read as follows:
5 (m) if the applicant is a registered organization, the organization's
6 maintenance of effort in manufacturing and/or dispensing and/or research
7 of medical cannabis for certified patients and caregivers; [and]
8 (n) whether the applicant or its managing officers have been found to
9 have engaged in activities in violation of this chapter[.]; and
10 (o) the applicant will pay a prevailing wage or has entered into a
11 project labor agreement for the construction of any buildings which will
12 be used to properly carry on the activity described in the application
13 and for transportation to and from the grower to the applicant or to and
14 from the manufacturer to the retail licensee.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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