NY State Senate Bill 2025-S5826

Senate Bill S5826

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to activities permitted in premises licensed for adult-use on-premises consumption of cannabis

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

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Delivered to Governor
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2025-S5826 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A747
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §77, Cannabis L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S5346, A10243

2025-S5826 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits certain activities in premises licensed for adult-use on-premises consumption of cannabis including the sale of food, non-alcoholic beverages and entertainment.

2025-S5826 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5826

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the cannabis law, in relation to permitting additional
business activities on the premises where cannabis is sold for adult-use
on-premises consumption

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to permit a licensee to conduct business
activities on the premises other than smoking, vaping, or ingestion of
cannabis.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Subdivision 9 of section 77 of the cannabis law is amended to
permit a licensee to conduct business activities on the premises other
than the smoking, vaporizing, and ingesting of cannabis or cannabis
products including but not limited to: selling non-cannabis-infused
food; selling nonalcoholic beverages; and allowing and selling tickets

for live musical or other performances not otherwise prohibited.

Section 2: Provides for the effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

The Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) legalized cannabis for
adults 21 years of age or older. This law sets out a framework that will
protect public health and safety, while promoting social equity and
economic development. The New York State Office of Cannabis Management
(0CM) will license cultivators, processors, distributors, and dispensar-
ies to grow and sell cannabis in New York.  This also applies to on-site
consumption licensees.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Under the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA)applicants may
apply for an on-site consumption license, which allows for the consump-
tion of cannabis within a particular area. There are certain business
activities which on-site consumption licensees are restricted from
engaging in, this bill would allow for on-site consumption licensees to
engage in specific business activities that provide their customers with
non-cannabis options to purchase.

These additional business activities include selling non-cannabis-in-
fused food, selling nonalcoholic beverages and allowing and tickets for
live musical or other performances that are not otherwise prohibited to
be sold. This bill ensures that on-site consumption licensees offer more
for their customers than just cannabis products.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.5346A of 2023-2024: Amended and recommitted to Investigations and
Government Operations, print number 5364A; This was new Legislation in
2023

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Some additional sales tax revenue would be collected.

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

This bill would increase sales in these businesses and therefore there
would be some increase in local sales tax collections.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S5826 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5826
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 permitting additional
   business activities on the premises where cannabis is sold for  adult-
   use on-premises consumption

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 77 of the cannabis law is  amended
 to read as follows:
   9.  No  adult-use on-site consumption licensee shall suffer, permit or
 promote activities or events on its premises wherein  any  person  shall
 use  such  premises for activities including, but not limited to, gambl-
 ing, exposing or simulating, contests, or fireworks that are  prohibited
 by  subdivision six, six-a, six-b, six-c or seven of section one hundred
 six of the alcoholic beverage control law or any  other  similar  activ-
 ities  the  board deems to be prohibited; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT LICEN-
 SEES MAY CONDUCT BUSINESS ACTIVITIES ON  THE  PREMISES  OTHER  THAN  THE
 SMOKING,  VAPORIZING,  AND  INGESTING  OF CANNABIS OR CANNABIS PRODUCTS,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) SELLING NON-CANNABIS-INFUSED FOOD;
   (B) SELLING NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AND
   (C) ALLOWING, AND SELLING TICKETS FOR, LIVE MUSICAL OR OTHER  PERFORM-
 ANCES NOT OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01555-01-5

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