Requires applicants for a permit, registration, or license issued by the cannabis control board to report any relevant law enforcement interactions that occur during the application review process; provides for automatic denial of such application for failure to make such report.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7274
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to requiring applicants
for a permit, registration, or license issued by the cannabis control
board to report any relevant law enforcement interactions that occur
during the application review process
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The cannabis law is amended by adding a new section 128-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 128-a. Applicants for permits, registrations, and licenses. 1. An
4 applicant for a permit, registration, or license issued under this chap-
5 ter shall report to the board any law enforcement interactions relevant
6 to its application for such permit, registration, or license, including
7 any arrests made or tickets issued, occurring after such application is
8 submitted and before issuance of such permit, registration, or license.
9 2. An applicant's failure to make a report to the board required under
10 subdivision one of this section shall result in automatic denial of such
11 applicant's application for any permit, registration, or license under
12 this chapter. If discovery of such failure to make a report is made
13 after the issuance of such permit, registration, or license, such
14 permit, registration, or license shall be automatically revoked.
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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