Includes transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary individuals in the social and economic equity plan of the New York state cannabis control board relating to the awarding of adult-use cannabis licenses.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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951
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 9, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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 including gender equal-
ity in the social and economic equity plan of the New York state
cannabis control board
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of
2 the cannabis law are amended and a new paragraph (g) is added to read as
3 follows:
4 (e) distressed farmers, as defined in subdivision five of this
5 section; [and]
6 (f) service-disabled veterans[.]; and
7 (g) transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary individuals.
8 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 87 of the cannabis law is amended by
9 adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
10 (h) "Transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary individuals"
11 shall mean any person who has a gender identity or expression different
12 from the sex assigned to that individual at birth.
13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02628-01-3
