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NY S08469

Bill

Status

Introduced

8/4/2025

Primary Sponsor

Luis Sepulveda

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Grandfathers adult-use cannabis retail dispensaries whose licenses were approved before July 28, 2025, allowing them to continue operating at their current locations regardless of proximity to school property lines

  • Deems these existing dispensaries compliant for license renewal and continued operation if they met the office's standards at the time of initial approval

  • Requires grandfathered dispensaries to maintain compliance with all other provisions of cannabis law and regulations to retain this protection

  • Requires licensees to remain in good standing with the Office of Cannabis Management to benefit from the grandfathering provision

  • Takes effect immediately upon passage

Legislative Description

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.

Last Action

REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Investigations and Government Operations1/7/2026
Rules8/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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