Assembly Bill A10599

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the retail sale and on-site consumption of cannabis within one thousand feet of a school or child day care center

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2023-A10599 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§72 & 77, Cannabis L

2023-A10599 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits cannabis retail and on-site consumption licensees from operating such premises within one thousand feet of school grounds or a child day care center.

2023-A10599 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10599
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 20, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rajkumar) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the cannabis law, in relation to prohibiting cannabis
   retail and on-site consumption licensees from operating such  premises
   within one thousand feet of a school or a child day care center

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 72 of the cannabis law is  amended
 to read as follows:
   6.  No cannabis retail licensee shall locate a storefront within [five
 hundred] ONE THOUSAND feet of [a] school grounds as such term is defined
 in the education law, OR WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF A  CHILD  DAY  CARE
 CENTER AS DEFINED IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, or within two hundred feet
 of a house of worship.
   §  2.  Subdivision  4  of section 77 of the cannabis law is amended to
 read as follows:
   4. No applicant shall be  granted  an  adult-use  on-site  consumption
 license  for  any  premises  within  [five hundred] ONE THOUSAND feet of
 school grounds as such term is defined in the education law,  OR  WITHIN
 ONE  THOUSAND  FEET  OF A CHILD DAY CARE CENTER AS DEFINED IN THE SOCIAL
 SERVICES LAW, or WITHIN two hundred feet [from] OF a house of worship.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15251-01-4

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.