Senate Bill S8084A

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for conditional adult-use cultivator licenses and conditional adult-use processor licenses

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  • 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-S8084 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9283
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §520, Ag & Mkts L; add §§68-c & 69-a, amd §69, Cannabis L

2021-S8084 - Summary

Provides a conditional adult-use cultivator license to process and distribute cannabis flower products without holding an adult-use processor or distributor license; provides a conditional adult-use processor license to process and distribute cannabis products; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2021-S8084 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8084 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8084
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HINCHEY, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and the cannabis law, in
   relation to providing a conditional adult-use cultivator license and a
   conditional adult-use processor license
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 520 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLABORATE AND  CONFER  WITH  THE  OFFICE  OF
 CANNABIS  MANAGEMENT,  INCLUDING  SHARING  ANY  RELEVANT  DOCUMENTATION,
 REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT BY THE CANNABIS CONTROL BOARD OF CONDITIONAL
 ADULT-USE CANNABIS CULTIVATOR LICENSES FOR  PREVIOUSLY  AUTHORIZED  HEMP
 GROWERS,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO ANY TERMS IMPOSED ON SUCH HEMP
 GROWERS AS A CONDITION OF RECEIVING SUCH A CONDITIONAL ADULT-USE  CANNA-
 BIS CULTIVATOR LICENSE.
   §  2. The cannabis law is amended by adding a new section 68-c to read
 as follows:
   § 68-C. CONDITIONAL ADULT-USE CULTIVATOR  LICENSE.  1.  A  CONDITIONAL
 ADULT-USE CULTIVATOR LICENSE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME AUTHORIZATIONS
 AND RESTRICTIONS APPLIED TO ANY ADULT-USE CULTIVATOR PURSUANT TO SECTION
 SIXTY-EIGHT  OF  THIS ARTICLE FOR THE DURATION OF THE CONDITIONAL PERIOD
 OF THE LICENSE, AS WELL AS TO ANY NEW TERMS AND  CONDITIONS  IMPOSED  BY
 THE BOARD AND OFFICE.
   2.  TO  BE  ELIGIBLE  TO  APPLY FOR A CONDITIONAL ADULT-USE CULTIVATOR
 LICENSE, A CULTIVATOR MUST:
   (A) HAVE HELD A VALID INDUSTRIAL HEMP GROWER  AUTHORIZATION  FROM  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS, AS OF DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, WHICH AUTHORIZED THE GROWING OF  CANNABINOID  HEMP,
 AND IS IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS;
   (B)  HAVE  GROWN  AND HARVESTED HEMP FOR AT LEAST TWO OF THE PAST FOUR
 YEARS PURSUANT TO THAT LICENSE AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PROOF, AS  DEFINED
 BY  THE  OFFICE,  OF  THE AMOUNT OF HEMP PLANTED BY THE APPLICANT DURING
 EACH OF THE TWO YEARS THAT HEMP WAS GROWN; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2021-S8084A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9283
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §520, Ag & Mkts L; add §§68-c & 69-a, amd §69, Cannabis L

2021-S8084A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a conditional adult-use cultivator license to process and distribute cannabis flower products without holding an adult-use processor or distributor license; provides a conditional adult-use processor license to process and distribute cannabis products; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2021-S8084A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8084A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8084--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  HINCHEY, KRUEGER, RAMOS -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agricul-
   ture -- reported favorably from said committee and  committed  to  the
   Committee  on  Rules  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and the cannabis law, in
   relation to providing a conditional adult-use cultivator license and a
   conditional adult-use processor license
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 520 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, TO THE EXTENT  PRACTICABLE,  SHARE  DATA  AND
 DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO AN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE
 OFFICE OF CANNABIS MANAGEMENT.
   §  2. The cannabis law is amended by adding a new section 68-c to read
 as follows:
   § 68-C. CONDITIONAL ADULT-USE CULTIVATOR  LICENSE.  1.  A  CONDITIONAL
 ADULT-USE  CULTIVATOR  LICENSE  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO THE SAME AUTHORI-
 ZATIONS, RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS APPLIED TO ANY ADULT-USE CULTIVA-
 TOR PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE FOR THE DURATION  OF
 THE  CONDITIONAL  PERIOD OF THE LICENSE, AS WELL AS TO ANY NEW TERMS AND
 CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY THE BOARD AND OFFICE.
   2. TO BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY  FOR  A  CONDITIONAL  ADULT-USE  CULTIVATOR
 LICENSE, A CULTIVATOR MUST:
   (A)  HAVE  HELD  A VALID INDUSTRIAL HEMP GROWER AUTHORIZATION FROM THE
 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS, AS OF DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE,  WHICH AUTHORIZED THE GROWING OF CANNABINOID HEMP,
 AND IS IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS;
   (B) HAVE GROWN AND HARVESTED HEMP FOR AT LEAST TWO OF  THE  PAST  FOUR
 YEARS  PURSUANT TO THAT LICENSE AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PROOF, AS DEFINED
 BY THE OFFICE, OF THE AMOUNT OF HEMP PLANTED  BY  THE  APPLICANT  DURING
 EACH OF THE TWO YEARS THAT HEMP WAS GROWN; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14348-09-2
              

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