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A01248 Summary:
| BILL NO | A01248A |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S00854-A |
| SPONSOR | Peoples-Stokes |
| COSPNSR | Gottfried, Lupardo, Walker, Solages, Hunter, Hyndman, Weprin, Pichardo, Rosenthal L, Dinowitz, Jean-Pierre, Abinanti, Richardson, Hevesi, Vanel, Niou, Bichotte Hermelyn, Cahill, Epstein, Quart, Reyes, Dickens, Frontus, Cruz, Darling, Rodriguez, Fernandez, Bronson, De La Rosa, Fall, Carroll, Ramos, Benedetto, Simon, Kim, Aubry, Kelles, Burdick, Anderson, Forrest, Burgos, Gonzalez-Rojas, Gallagher, Clark, Lunsford, Mamdani, Jackson, Meeks, O'Donnell, Zebrowski, Zinerman |
| MLTSPNSR | Seawright, Steck, Taylor |
| Amd Various Laws, generally | |
| Enacts the "marihuana regulation and taxation act"; establishes the cannabis law; defines terms; establishes the New York state cannabis control board and the office of cannabis management; outlines powers and duties thereof; authorizes the lawful use of medical cannabis; authorizes research programs related thereto; establishes a cannabis research license to permit a licensee to produce, process, purchase and/or possess cannabis for certain limited research purposes; relates to adult-use cannabis; authorizes a person to apply for a license to cultivate, process, distribute, deliver or dispense cannabis for sale in this state; relates to the description of cannabis, and the growing of and use of cannabis by persons twenty-one years of age or older; makes technical changes regarding the definition of cannabis; relates to removing certain references to marijuana relating to forfeiture actions; relates to the qualification of certain offenses involving cannabis; exempts certain persons from prosecution for the use, consumption, display, production or distribution of cannabis; relates to the definition of smoking; provides for the licensure of persons authorized to produce, process and sell marihuana; relates to the criminal sale of cannabis; relates to drug paraphernalia; adds a new article on cannabis to the penal law; authorizes a motion for resentence for persons convicted of certain marihuana offenses; levies an excise tax on certain sales of cannabis; creates the New York state cannabis revenue fund, the New York state drug treatment and public education fund and the New York state community grants reinvestment fund. | |
A01248 Floor Votes:
There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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