NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8683A

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 28, 2024	print number 8683a
Mar 28, 2024	amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Feb 29, 2024	referred to investigations and government operations

Bill Amendments

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2023-S8683 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9311
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §127, Cannabis L

2023-S8683 - Summary

Clarifies that employment at any licensee under the cannabis law satisfies employment requirements for parole, probation or other state supervision unless the terms and conditions of said parole, probation, or state supervision explicitly prohibit such employment.

2023-S8683 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8683

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the cannabis law, in relation to employment at certain
licensees for the purposes of parole conditions

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to allow persons currently required to be
employed as a condition of parole, probation, or other state supervision
to fulfill employment requirements through employment at a licensed
cannabis business.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. amends subdivision 6 of section 127 of the cannabis law to
renumber subdivision 6 as 6a and add a new subdivision 6b which clari-
fies that employment at a licensed cannabis facility may fulfill an
employment requirement for people currently under parole, probation, or
other state supervision.

Section 2. sets that this act shall take effect immediately.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):

N/A

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York promoted social equity as a key component of the cannabis
legalization effort, especially as a remedy to the failed War on Drugs.
Some people on parole, probation, or other state supervision have
reported being denied working at licensed cannabis businesses by their
Parole Officer. By allowing people on parole, probation, or other state
supervision to be denied the right to work at these facilities, the
state is reneging on its aspirations to promote social equity by ignor-
ing a key group. People should be able to apply for and work at licensed
cannabis businesses regardless of their criminal justice status. As with
Ban the Box and Clean Slate, where business groups supported the poli-
cies to address worker shortages without lowering standards, cannabis
businesses have also expressed support for clarifying this issue to
widen their candidate pool.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

N/A

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2023-S8683 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8683
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 29, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 employment  at  certain
   licensees for the purposes of parole conditions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 127 of the cannabis law is amended
 to read as follows:
   6. (A) A person currently  under  parole,  probation  or  other  state
 supervision,  or  released  on recognizance, non-monetary conditions, or
 bail prior to being convicted, shall not be punished or otherwise penal-
 ized for conduct allowed under this chapter unless the terms and  condi-
 tions of said parole, probation, or state supervision explicitly prohib-
 it  a person's cannabis use or any other conduct otherwise allowed under
 this chapter. A person's use of cannabis or conduct under  this  chapter
 shall not be prohibited unless it has been shown by clear and convincing
 evidence  that  the  prohibition is reasonably related to the underlying
 crime. Nothing in this provision shall restrict the rights of  a  certi-
 fied medical patient.
   (B)  A  PERSON CURRENTLY UNDER PAROLE, PROBATION OR OTHER STATE SUPER-
 VISION, WHO AS A CONDITION OF SUCH  PAROLE,  PROBATION  OR  OTHER  STATE
 SUPERVISION  IS  REQUIRED  TO  BE  EMPLOYED, MAY FULFILL SUCH EMPLOYMENT
 REQUIREMENT THROUGH EMPLOYMENT AT ANY LICENSEE UNDER THIS CHAPTER UNLESS
 THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SAID PAROLE, PROBATION, OR STATE SUPERVISION
 EXPLICITLY PROHIBIT SUCH PERSON'S EMPLOYMENT AT SUCH LICENSEE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14457-02-4

2023-S8683A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9311
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §127, Cannabis L

2023-S8683A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8683A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8683A

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the cannabis law, in relation to employment at certain
licensees for the purposes of parole conditions

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to allow persons currently required to be
employed as a condition of parole, probation, or other state supervision
to fulfill employment requirements through employment at a licensed
cannabis business.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. amends subdivision 6 of section 127 of the cannabis law to
renumber subdivision 6 as 6a and add a new subdivision 6b which clari-
fies that employment at a licensed cannabis facility may fulfill an
employment requirement for people currently under parole, probation, or
other state supervision.

Section 2. sets that this act shall take effect immediately.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):

N/A

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York promoted social equity as a key component of the cannabis
legalization effort, especially as a remedy to the failed War on Drugs.
Some people on parole, probation, or other state supervision have
reported being denied working at licensed cannabis businesses by their
Parole Officer. By allowing people on parole, probation, or other state
supervision to be denied the right to work at these facilities, the
state is reneging on its aspirations to promote social equity by ignor-
ing a key group. People should be able to apply for and work at licensed
cannabis businesses regardless of their criminal justice status. As with
Ban the Box and Clean Slate, where business groups supported the poli-
cies to address worker shortages without lowering standards, cannabis
businesses have also expressed support for clarifying this issue to
widen their candidate pool.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:  N/A

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2023-S8683A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8683--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 29, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the cannabis law, in relation to employment at certain
   licensees for the purposes of parole conditions

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 127 of the cannabis law is amended
 to read as follows:
   6.  (A)  A  person  currently  under  parole, probation or other state
 supervision, or released on recognizance,  non-monetary  conditions,  or
 bail prior to being convicted, shall not be punished or otherwise penal-
 ized  for conduct allowed under this chapter unless the terms and condi-
 tions of said parole, probation, or state supervision explicitly prohib-
 it a person's cannabis use or any other conduct otherwise allowed  under
 this  chapter.  A person's use of cannabis or conduct under this chapter
 shall not be prohibited unless it has been shown by clear and convincing
 evidence that the prohibition is reasonably related  to  the  underlying
 crime.  Nothing  in this provision shall restrict the rights of a certi-
 fied medical patient.
   (B) A PERSON CURRENTLY, OR PROSPECTIVELY, UNDER PAROLE,  PROBATION  OR
 OTHER STATE SUPERVISION, WHO AS A CONDITION OF SUCH PAROLE, PROBATION OR
 OTHER  STATE  SUPERVISION  IS  REQUIRED TO BE EMPLOYED, MAY FULFILL SUCH
 EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT THROUGH EMPLOYMENT AT  ANY  LICENSEE  UNDER  THIS
 CHAPTER  UNLESS  THE  TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SAID PAROLE, PROBATION, OR
 STATE SUPERVISION EXPLICITLY PROHIBIT SUCH PERSON'S EMPLOYMENT  AT  SUCH
 LICENSEE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14457-04-4

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Senate Bill S8683A

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

Bill Amendments

2023-S8683 - Details

2023-S8683 - Summary

2023-S8683 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8683 - Bill Text download pdf

2023-S8683A (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S8683A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8683A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8683A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Kevin S. Parker

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

Bill Amendments

2023-S8683 - Details

2023-S8683 - Summary

2023-S8683 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8683 - Bill Text download pdf

2023-S8683A (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S8683A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8683A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8683A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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