Assembly Bill A6967

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits cannabis storefronts from being located within a certain distance from any town, city or village which has opted out of permitting the sale of cannabis

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A6967 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5637
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§72 & 77, Cannabis L

2025-A6967 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits cannabis storefronts from being located within a quarter mile from any town, city or village which has opted out of permitting the sale of cannabis.

2025-A6967 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6967
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation  to  prohibiting  cannabis
   storefronts  from  being  located  within  a certain distance from any
   town, city or village which has opted out of permitting  the  sale  of
   cannabis

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 72 of the cannabis law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  NO  CANNABIS  RETAIL  LICENSEE  SHALL LOCATE A STOREFRONT WITHIN A
 QUARTER MILE OF ANY TOWN, CITY OR VILLAGE WHICH HAS ADOPTED A LOCAL  LAW
 REQUESTING  THE  CANNABIS CONTROL BOARD TO PROHIBIT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
 RETAIL DISPENSARY LICENSES AND/OR ON-SITE  CONSUMPTION  LICENSES  WITHIN
 THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH TOWN, CITY OR VILLAGE.
   §  2. Section 77 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 vision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A. NO APPLICANT SHALL BE GRANTED AN  ADULT-USE  ON-SITE  CONSUMPTION
 LICENSE FOR ANY PREMISES LOCATED WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF ANY TOWN, CITY
 OR VILLAGE WHICH HAS ADOPTED A LOCAL LAW REQUESTING THE CANNABIS CONTROL
 BOARD TO PROHIBIT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RETAIL DISPENSARY LICENSES AND/OR
 ON-SITE  CONSUMPTION LICENSES WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH TOWN, CITY
 OR VILLAGE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10375-01-5

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