Provides that a microbusiness licensee authorized to conduct retail sales may serve as a processor and cultivator for purposes of cannabis showcase event permits.
STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
11217
IN ASSEMBLY
May 1, 2026
___________
Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO, PEOPLES-STOKES, STIRPE, ZACCARO, DAIS --
read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to cannabis showcase event
permit requirements for microbusiness licensees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 130-a of the cannabis law, as
2 amended by chapter 112 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 2. A licensee authorized under this chapter to conduct retail sales of
5 adult-use cannabis may apply to the office for a cannabis showcase event
6 permit and shall be required to demonstrate that they are in partnership
7 with a licensed cultivator and a licensed processor pursuant to subdivi-
8 sion one of this section. A microbusiness licensee authorized to
9 conduct retail sales under section seventy-three of this chapter may
10 also serve as the required licensed processor and licensed cultivator
11 for a cannabis showcase event permit if that microbusiness licensee is
12 also authorized to conduct processing and cultivation. A microbusiness
13 licensee may also serve as a licensed processor and/or the licensed
14 cultivator for another licensee applying for a permit under this section
15 if that microbusiness is authorized to conduct the applicable processing
16 or cultivating activity. An application for a cannabis showcase event
17 permit shall identify such licensed cultivators and processors who are
18 authorized under this chapter to showcase at such cannabis showcase
19 event.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15391-01-6
