Assembly Bill A5775

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires applicants for a cannabis license to pay a prevailing wage or have entered into a project labor agreement for the construction of buildings or transportation

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A5775 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §64, Cannabis L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8093
2023-2024: A3062

2025-A5775 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires applicants for a license to cultivate, process, distribute, deliver, or dispense cannabis within the state to pay a prevailing wage or have entered into a project labor agreement for the construction of buildings or transportation of items relating to the activity described in the application.

2025-A5775 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5775
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the cannabis law, in relation to requiring applicants
   for a license to cultivate, process, distribute, deliver, or  dispense
   cannabis  within  the  state  to pay a prevailing wage or have entered
   into a project labor agreement for the construction  of  buildings  or
   transportation  of  items  relating  to  the activity described in the
   application
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   Paragraphs (m) and (n) of subdivision 1 of section 64 of
 the cannabis law, paragraph (m) as amended and paragraph (n) as added by
 section 15 of part UU of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, are amended and
 a new paragraph (o) is added to read as follows:
   (m) if the applicant is a registered organization, the  organization's
 maintenance of effort in manufacturing and/or dispensing and/or research
 of medical cannabis for certified patients and caregivers; [and]
   (n)  whether the applicant or its managing officers have been found to
 have engaged in activities in violation of this chapter[.]; AND
   (O) THE APPLICANT WILL PAY A PREVAILING WAGE OR  HAS  ENTERED  INTO  A
 PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANY BUILDINGS WHICH WILL
 BE  USED  TO PROPERLY CARRY ON THE ACTIVITY DESCRIBED IN THE APPLICATION
 AND FOR TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE GROWER TO THE APPLICANT OR TO AND
 FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO THE RETAIL LICENSEE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04390-01-5

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