Provides that a licensee for an adult-use retail dispensary whose license was approved by the office prior to July twenty-eighth, two thousand twenty-five, and whose business location was found to be in compliance with standards used by the office at the time of such approval, regardless of such business location's proximity to a school property line, shall be deemed compliant for purposes of license renewal and continued operation at such location.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8469
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
August 4, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to the proximity of an
adult-use retail dispensary licensee's business location to a school
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 72 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision six of this section
4 or any other law to the contrary, any licensee for an adult-use retail
5 dispensary whose initial license was approved by the office prior to
6 July twenty-eighth, two thousand twenty-five, and whose business
7 location was found at the time of such approval to be in compliance with
8 standards used by the office at such time, regardless of such business
9 location's actual proximity to a school property line, shall be deemed
10 compliant for the purposes of license renewal and continued operation at
11 such location, provided that:
12 (a) such licensee has not otherwise violated any provision of this
13 chapter or applicable regulations; and
14 (b) such licensee remains in good standing with the office.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13586-01-5
