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                                    818
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 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.
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   2. A licensee authorized under this chapter to conduct retail sales of
 adult-use cannabis may apply to the office for a cannabis showcase event
 permit and shall be required to demonstrate that they are in partnership
 with a licensed cultivator [or] AND A  LICENSED  processor  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION. An application for a cannabis showcase
 event permit shall identify [licensees] SUCH  LICENSED  CULTIVATORS  AND
 PROCESSORS  who  are  authorized  under this chapter to showcase at such
 cannabis showcase event.
   3. A cannabis showcase event permit shall authorize: (a) the permitted
 licensee, authorized under this  chapter  to  conduct  retail  sales  of
 adult-use  cannabis,  adult-use cannabis products, and cannabis merchan-
 dise, and (b) the permitted licensee[,] AND LICENSEES WHO ARE authorized
 under this chapter to cultivate [and] OR process adult-use cannabis,  to
 showcase  their  adult-use cannabis  and cannabis products, for a tempo-
 rary period of time, at a cannabis showcase event. THE  PERMITTEE  SHALL
 OFFER  FOR  SALE  THE ADULT-USE CANNABIS AND ADULT-USE CANNABIS PRODUCTS
 CULTIVATED OR PROCESSED BY THE LICENSEES AUTHORIZED  ON  THE  PERMIT  TO
 SHOWCASE AT SUCH CANNABIS SHOWCASE EVENT, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE PERMIT-
 TEE  SHALL  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO SELLING THE PRODUCTS OF SUCH AUTHORIZED
 LICENSEES.
   4. ALL ADULT-USE CANNABIS AND CANNABIS PRODUCT  SALES  AT  A  CANNABIS
 SHOWCASE  EVENT  SHALL  BE EXECUTED BY THE PERMITTEE. NO OTHER LICENSEE,
 PERSON OR ENTITY SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO ENGAGE IN CANNABIS  OR  CANNABIS
 PRODUCT SALES AT A CANNABIS SHOWCASE EVENT.
   5.  A  separate  cannabis  showcase event permit shall be required for
 each showcase event at which a cannabis showcase event is being held.
   [5.] 6. A SEPARATE CANNABIS SHOWCASE EVENT PERMIT  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED
 FOR  EACH LICENSEE AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS CHAPTER TO CONDUCT RETAIL SALES
 OF ADULT-USE CANNABIS AND CANNABIS PRODUCTS.
   7. IN THE EVENT A CANNABIS  SHOWCASE  EVENT  CONTAINS  MORE  THAN  ONE
 PERMITTEE, EACH PERMITTEE SHALL NEVERTHELESS BE REQUIRED TO PARTNER WITH
 AT MINIMUM ONE CULTIVATOR, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   8. EACH PERMITTEE SHALL BE LIMITED TO PARTNERING WITH NO MORE THAN ONE
 LICENSED  PROCESSOR  FOR  EACH  LICENSED  CULTIVATOR AUTHORIZED ON THEIR
 CANNABIS SHOWCASE EVENT PERMIT APPLICATION.
   9. No cannabis showcase event permit shall  authorize  more  than  one
 cannabis  showcase event at one time. A licensee may participate in more
 than one cannabis showcase event so long as each cannabis showcase event
 has a corresponding separate cannabis showcase event permit.
   [6.] 10. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a canna-
 bis showcase event permit shall be valid for no more than fourteen days.
   [7.] 11. The board may set reasonable fees for cannabis showcase event
 permits. Such fees may be based on [the type of] cannabis showcase event
 permit [sought,] size, length, duration, or  any  other  factors  deemed
 reasonable  and  appropriate  by  the  board  to  achieve the policy and
 purpose of this chapter.
   [8.] 12. Permitted licensees shall comply with all reporting  require-
 ments,  including  required  sales reporting, and all other requirements
 set forth in regulations[, and any]. ANY noncompliance by such permitted
 licensees OR LICENSEES  AUTHORIZED  ON  THE  PERMIT  TO  SHOWCASE  shall
 subject  such [permitted] licensees to applicable fees, fines and penal-
 ties.
   [9.] 13. The board shall  promulgate  regulations  to  implement  this
 section.
   §  2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the cannabis
 law relating  to  authorizing  a  cannabis  showcase  event  permit,  as
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 proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  9679-A and A. 10398-A, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect [immediately] ON THE ONE HUNDRED TWEN-
 TIETH  DAY AFTER IT SHALL HAVE BECOME A LAW.  EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, THE
 ADDITION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR REPEAL OF ANY RULE OR  REGULATION  NECESSARY
 FOR  THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT ON ITS EFFECTIVE DATE ARE AUTHORIZED
 TO BE MADE AND COMPLETED ON OR BEFORE SUCH DATE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 section  one  of  this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
 same manner as 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, takes effect.