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Assembly Bill A11217

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides that a microbusiness licensee authorized to conduct retail sales may serve as a processor and cultivator for purposes of cannabis showcase event permits

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2025-A11217 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S10113
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §130-a, Cannabis L

2025-A11217 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a microbusiness licensee authorized to conduct retail sales may serve as a processor and cultivator for purposes of cannabis showcase event permits.

2025-A11217 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11217
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 1, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO, PEOPLES-STOKES, STIRPE, ZACCARO, DAIS --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to cannabis showcase event
   permit requirements for microbusiness licensees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 130-a  of  the  cannabis  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  112  of  the  laws  of 2025, is amended to read as
 follows:
   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 and a licensed processor pursuant to subdivi-
 sion one of this  section.    A  MICROBUSINESS  LICENSEE  AUTHORIZED  TO
 CONDUCT  RETAIL  SALES  UNDER  SECTION SEVENTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER MAY
 ALSO SERVE AS THE REQUIRED LICENSED PROCESSOR  AND  LICENSED  CULTIVATOR
 FOR  A  CANNABIS SHOWCASE EVENT PERMIT IF THAT MICROBUSINESS LICENSEE IS
 ALSO AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT PROCESSING AND CULTIVATION.  A  MICROBUSINESS
 LICENSEE  MAY  ALSO  SERVE  AS  A LICENSED PROCESSOR AND/OR THE LICENSED
 CULTIVATOR FOR ANOTHER LICENSEE APPLYING FOR A PERMIT UNDER THIS SECTION
 IF THAT MICROBUSINESS IS AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT THE APPLICABLE PROCESSING
 OR CULTIVATING ACTIVITY. An application for a  cannabis  showcase  event
 permit  shall  identify such licensed cultivators and processors who are
 authorized under this chapter to  showcase  at  such  cannabis  showcase
 event.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15391-01-6

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