NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7274

Senate Bill S7274

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires applicants for a permit, registration, or license issued by the cannabis control board to report any relevant law enforcement interactions that occur during the application review process

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

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Apr 08, 2025	referred to investigations and government operations

2025-S7274 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:: Add §128-a, Cannabis L

2025-S7274 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires applicants for a permit, registration, or license issued by the cannabis control board to report any relevant law enforcement interactions that occur during the application review process; provides for automatic denial of such application for failure to make such report.

2025-S7274 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7274

SPONSOR: FAHY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the cannabis law, in relation to requiring applicants
for a permit, registration, or license issued by the cannabis control
board to report any relevant law enforcement interactions that occur
during the application review process

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would amend the cannabis law by adding a new section that
requires applicants to report any law enforcement interactions that
occur during the application review process

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: :

Section 1 adds section 128-a to the cannabis law which requires an
applicant for a permit, registration, or license issued under the canna-
bis law chapter to report any law enforcement interactions relevant to
their application. A failure to report any law enforcement interaction

would result in denial or revocation of the permit, registration, or
license.

Section 2 sets the enacting date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would require applicants to report law enforcement inter-
actions during the application review period. This would close a loop-
hole allowing permits, registrations, and licenses to be issued to indi-
viduals who should not qualify for them under the spirit of the law.

This loophole has led to several cases of individuals who committed
crimes during their application review period still being issued
permits. In one case, an applicant for a microbusiness cannabis license
in the City of Amsterdam was charged with selling cannabis to an under-
aged agent during the review period. Despite these charges, the appli-
cant was still awarded a license due to this gap in the cannabis law.

When the recreational consumption of cannabis was legalized in New York,
the licensing process that was created intended to provide reparations
to those who had been harshly prosecuted for minor marijuana infractions
in the past by prioritizing them in the licensing process; the intent
was not to allocate licenses to those with pending criminal cases. This
legislation would improve the cannabis law by closing a loophole that is
a clear perversion of its original intent.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2025-S7274 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7274
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  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  requiring  applicants
   for  a permit, registration, or license issued by the cannabis control
   board to report any relevant law enforcement interactions  that  occur
   during the application review process
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The cannabis law is amended by adding a new  section  128-a
 to read as follows:
   §  128-A.  APPLICANTS  FOR PERMITS, REGISTRATIONS, AND LICENSES. 1. AN
 APPLICANT FOR A PERMIT, REGISTRATION, OR LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS CHAP-
 TER SHALL REPORT TO THE BOARD ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERACTIONS  RELEVANT
 TO  ITS APPLICATION FOR SUCH PERMIT, REGISTRATION, OR LICENSE, INCLUDING
 ANY ARRESTS MADE OR TICKETS ISSUED, OCCURRING AFTER SUCH APPLICATION  IS
 SUBMITTED AND BEFORE ISSUANCE OF SUCH PERMIT, REGISTRATION, OR LICENSE.
   2. AN APPLICANT'S FAILURE TO MAKE A REPORT TO THE BOARD REQUIRED UNDER
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL RESULT IN AUTOMATIC DENIAL OF SUCH
 APPLICANT'S  APPLICATION  FOR ANY PERMIT, REGISTRATION, OR LICENSE UNDER
 THIS CHAPTER. IF DISCOVERY OF SUCH FAILURE TO  MAKE  A  REPORT  IS  MADE
 AFTER  THE  ISSUANCE  OF  SUCH  PERMIT,  REGISTRATION,  OR LICENSE, SUCH
 PERMIT, REGISTRATION, OR LICENSE SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY REVOKED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11137-01-5

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