Assembly Actions -
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May 08, 2024 |
referred to ways and means |
May 07, 2024 |
delivered to assembly passed senate |
Apr 04, 2024 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 03, 2024 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 02, 2024 |
1st report cal.767 |
Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to investigations and government operations returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 07, 2023 |
referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 01, 2023 |
ordered to third reading cal.1564 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 30, 2023 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S7481
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Relates to the location of the principal office of the cannabis control board and office of cannabis management
download bill text pdfSponsored By
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
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Floor Vote: May 7, 2024
aye (58)- Addabbo Jr.
- Ashby
- Bailey
- Borrello
- Breslin
- Brisport
- Brouk
- Chu
- Cleare
- Comrie
- Cooney
- Felder
- Fernandez
- Gallivan
- Gianaris
- Gonzalez
- Gounardes
- Griffo
- Harckham
- Helming
- Hinchey
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Jackson
- Kavanagh
- Krueger
- Lanza
- Liu
- Mannion
- Martins
- Mattera
- May
- Mayer
- Murray
- Myrie
- Oberacker
- Ortt
- Palumbo
- Parker
- Persaud
- Ramos
- Rhoads
- Rivera
- Rolison
- Ryan
- Salazar
- Sanders Jr.
- Scarcella-Spanton
- Sepúlveda
- Serrano
- Skoufis
- Stavisky
- Stec
- Stewart-Cousins
- Tedisco
- Thomas
- Webb
- Weber
- Weik
nay (2)
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Floor Vote: Jun 7, 2023
aye (59)- Addabbo Jr.
- Ashby
- Bailey
- Borrello
- Breslin
- Brisport
- Brouk
- Chu
- Cleare
- Comrie
- Fernandez
- Gallivan
- Gianaris
- Gonzalez
- Gounardes
- Griffo
- Harckham
- Helming
- Hinchey
- Hoylman-Sigal
- Jackson
- Kavanagh
- Kennedy
- Krueger
- Lanza
- Liu
- Mannion
- Martins
- Mattera
- May
- Mayer
- Murray
- Myrie
- O'Mara
- Oberacker
- Ortt
- Palumbo
- Parker
- Persaud
- Ramos
- Rhoads
- Rivera
- Rolison
- Ryan
- Salazar
- Sanders Jr.
- Scarcella-Spanton
- Sepúlveda
- Serrano
- Skoufis
- Stavisky
- Stec
- Stewart-Cousins
- Tedisco
- Thomas
- Walczyk
- Webb
- Weber
- Weik
nay (2)
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Jun 1, 2023 - Rules Committee Vote
S748119Aye0Nay2Aye with Reservations0Absent0Excused0Abstained -
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2023-S7481 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7676
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Ways And Means
- Law Section:
- Cannabis Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §7, Cannabis L
2023-S7481 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7481 SPONSOR: COONEY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the cannabis law, in relation to the location of the principal office of the cannabis control board and office of cannabis management PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Allow the Office of Cannabis Management to have its principal offices in the county of Albany, outside the City of Albany. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends subdivision 6 of section 7 of the Cannabis Law to allow the principal office of the office of cannabis management to be located in the county of Albany. Section 2: The effective date of this bill.
JUSTIFICATION: When the Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) was signed into law on March 31, 2021, it mandated where the location of the Office of Cannabis Management's (0CM) Headquarters was to be. MRTA Article 2 (New York State Cannabis Control Board), Section 7, subdivision 6 states that "The Cannabis Control Board and the Office of Cannabis Management shall have its principle office in the City of Albany, and maintain branch offices in in the cities of New York and Buffalo and such other places as it may deem necessary." The current OCM HQ is located in the W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus, which was always understood to be a temporary location. Another agency vacated this space in 2021 allowing for OCM to have a place to begin operations as quickly as possible while also searching to find a permanent home in the city, working closely with the NYS Office of General Services' (OGS) Division of Real Estate and Leasing Services, as well as with the NYS Division of Budget (DOB.) The space at Building 9 on the campus has since stopped meeting our capacity needs as well and there is an urgent need to execute a lease at a new location that can fit the growing agency. For more than a year the search continued and analysis was completed for a locations that could: 1. Fit all current staff as well as all future staff that the Office is looking to hire within the next budgetary cycle. The office is currently just over 50% staffed, so there must be room to grow. 2. The location needed to have ample parking for this still-growing staff, something that is hard to find in a city location for an Office currently with 150+ employees, with more coming on. 3. The OCM fleet of vehicles used on a regular basis by the Compliance team and the Enforcement team when they are out on assignment needed a permanent home at the location of the building so that staff has quick and easy access to that fleet. In 2021, there was an original plan to move the OCM into one of the four "Agency Buildings" on the Empire State Plaza, however the construction and refurbishing was expected to last for 3 years and there was still the issue of capacity, parking and a large space for the fleet. Through the efforts of OCM/OGS/DOB, three potential locations were chosen which all happened to be outside of the city borders but within in the County of Albany. After financials for the buildout of the office space; IT equipment; and the cost of furniture were analyzed and reviewed by DOB, a location that cost the state the least amount of money, and that met OCM's require- ments for growth was settled on and approved by both DOB and OGS. This legislation makes a simple amendment to the MRTA to change the mandate from "the City" of Albany to "the County" of Albany, reflect the reality on the ground in terms of making good-faith efforts of OCM, OGS, and DOB at staying within the borders of the City of Albany, but being unable to secure a location that meets all of the needs of the still growing Office. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately
2023-S7481 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7481 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 30, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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 the location of the principal office of the cannabis control board and office of cannabis management THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 7 of the cannabis law is amended to read as follows: 6. The cannabis control board and office of cannabis management shall have its principal office in the [city] COUNTY of Albany, and maintain branch offices in the cities of New York and Buffalo and such other places as it may deem necessary. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11674-01-3
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