Senate Bill S818

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to cannabis showcase event permits

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Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar

  • 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

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2025-S818 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A418
Law Section:
Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §130-a, Cannabis L; amd §2, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.9679-A & A.10398-A)

2025-S818 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Sets forth certain provisions for the sale of adult-use cannabis and adult-use cannabis products at cannabis showcase events; requires permittees to partner with cultivators in certain situations.

2025-S818 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S818 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    818
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to cannabis showcase event
   permits; and to amend a chapter of  the  laws  of  2024  amending  the
   cannabis law relating to authorizing a cannabis showcase event permit,
   as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 9679-A and A. 10398-A, in
   relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 130-a of the cannabis law, as added by a chapter of
 the  laws  of  2024  amending the cannabis law relating to authorizing a
 cannabis showcase event permit, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
 S. 9679-A and A. 10398-A, is amended to read as follows:
   § 130-a.  Cannabis  showcase  event  permit.  1.  When  used  in  this
 section[, "cannabis]:
   (A)  "CANNABIS showcase event" shall mean an event where[:] a licensee
 authorized to conduct  retail  sales  of  adult-use  cannabis,  cannabis
 products,  and  cannabis merchandise engages in the sale and showcase of
 such products away from the licensed premises in [demonstrated] partner-
 ship with [a] AT MINIMUM ONE licensed New York state adult-use  cannabis
 cultivator  [or]  AND  AT  MINIMUM ONE LICENSED NEW YORK STATE ADULT-USE
 CANNABIS processor, at showcase events THAT ARE located  at  STAND-ALONE
 CANNABIS  SALE  "POP-UP"  EVENTS, farmers' markets and public markets as
 defined in section two hundred sixty of the agriculture and markets  law
 or similar such locations, as authorized by the office.
   (B)  "SHOWCASE"  SHALL MEAN THE EXHIBITING OR DISPLAYING AT A CANNABIS
 SHOWCASE EVENT BY A PERMITTEE OR AN  AUTHORIZED  LICENSEE  OF  ADULT-USE
 CANNABIS  AND  CANNABIS PRODUCTS AND MAY INCLUDE BRANDED MERCHANDISE AND
 EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02891-01-5

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