Senate Bill S9165

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to cannabinoid hemp retail sales and retailers

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee


  • 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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2021-S9165 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3, 91 & 103, Cannabis L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S4910

2021-S9165 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to cannabinoid hemp retail sales and retailers; makes technical changes to the definition of THC; provides specific requirements for labeling of cannabinoid hemp products.

2021-S9165 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9165 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9165
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2022
                                ___________
 
 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 cannabinoid hemp retail
   sales and retailers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 52 and 53 of section 3 of the cannabis law are
 amended to read as follows:
   52. "THC" means Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol[;  Delta-8-tetrahydrocan-
 nabinol;  Delta-10-tetrahydrocannabinol  and  the optical isomer of such
 substances].
   53. "Total THC" means the [sum of the percentage by weight  or  volume
 measurement  of  tetrahydrocannabinolic  acid multiplied by 0.877, plus,
 the percentage by weight or volume measurement of THC] DRY WEIGHT  TOTAL
 PERCENTAGE OF DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL IN EACH PRODUCT.
   §  2.  The  opening  paragraph and subdivision 13 of section 91 of the
 cannabis law is amended to read as follows:
   The board, WITHOUT INFRINGING ON LICENSED RETAILERS,  may  make  regu-
 lations  pursuant  to  this  article  for  the processing, distribution,
 marketing, transportation and sale of cannabinoid hemp and hemp extracts
 used for human consumption, which may include, but not be limited to:
   13. Any cannabinoid hemp flower product clearly labeled or  advertised
 for  the  purposes  of smoking, or in the form of a cigarette, cigar, or
 pre-roll, or packaged or combined with other items designed  to  facili-
 tate  smoking such as rolling papers or pipes, shall only be offered for
 sale [in adult-use cannabis retail  dispensaries  licensed  pursuant  to
 article  four  of this chapter] TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF
 AGE AND OLDER.
   § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 103 of the cannabis law  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   2.  The  board  may,  by  rules and regulations, require processors to
 establish a code, including, but not limited to QR code, for labels  and
 establish  methods  and  procedures for determining, among other things,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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