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Assembly Bill A11122

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires applicants for a permit, registration, or license issued by the cannabis control board to report any relevant law enforcement interactions that occur during the application review process

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2025-A11122 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7274
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:
Add §128-a, Cannabis L

2025-A11122 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires applicants for a permit, registration, or license issued by the cannabis control board to report any relevant law enforcement interactions that occur during the application review process; provides for automatic denial of such application for failure to make such report.

2025-A11122 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11122
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 24, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KASSAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Economic Development
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the cannabis law, in relation to requiring applicants
   for a permit, registration, or license issued by the cannabis  control
   board  to  report any relevant law enforcement interactions that occur
   during the application review process

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The cannabis law is amended by adding a new section 128-a
 to read as follows:
   § 128-A. APPLICANTS FOR PERMITS, REGISTRATIONS, AND  LICENSES.  1.  AN
 APPLICANT FOR A PERMIT, REGISTRATION, OR LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS CHAP-
 TER  SHALL REPORT TO THE BOARD ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERACTIONS RELEVANT
 TO ITS APPLICATION FOR SUCH PERMIT, REGISTRATION, OR LICENSE,  INCLUDING
 ANY  ARRESTS MADE OR TICKETS ISSUED, OCCURRING AFTER SUCH APPLICATION IS
 SUBMITTED AND BEFORE ISSUANCE OF SUCH PERMIT, REGISTRATION, OR LICENSE.
   2. AN APPLICANT'S FAILURE TO MAKE A REPORT TO THE BOARD REQUIRED UNDER
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL RESULT IN AUTOMATIC DENIAL OF SUCH
 APPLICANT'S APPLICATION FOR ANY PERMIT, REGISTRATION, OR  LICENSE  UNDER
 THIS  CHAPTER.  IF  DISCOVERY  OF  SUCH FAILURE TO MAKE A REPORT IS MADE
 AFTER THE ISSUANCE  OF  SUCH  PERMIT,  REGISTRATION,  OR  LICENSE,  SUCH
 PERMIT, REGISTRATION, OR LICENSE SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY REVOKED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11137-01-5

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