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Assembly Bill A8820

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the office of cannabis management and cannabis control board establish a track and trace program

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2025-A8820 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8264
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §99-ii, St Fin L

2025-A8820 - Summary

Authorizes the office of cannabis management and cannabis control board to establish a track and trace program; requires certain tracking requirements on cannabis sold within the state.

2025-A8820 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8820
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. DAIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the usage of funds
   in the New York state cannabis revenue fund
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.    Paragraph  (b) of subdivision 3 of section 99-ii of the
 state finance law, as added by chapter  92  of  the  laws  of  2021,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) Reasonable costs incurred by the office of cannabis management and
 the  cannabis control board for implementing, administering, and enforc-
 ing the marihuana regulation and taxation act, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO, THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING TRACK AND TRACING OF PRODUCT PROGRAMS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10699-02-5

co-Sponsors

2025-A8820A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8264
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §99-ii, St Fin L

2025-A8820A - Summary

Authorizes the office of cannabis management and cannabis control board to establish a track and trace program; requires certain tracking requirements on cannabis sold within the state.

2025-A8820A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8820--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DAIS, SCHIAVONI -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Economic Development -- recommitted to the  Committee  on
   Economic  Development  in  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the usage of funds
   in the New York state cannabis revenue fund
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of  section  99-ii  of  the
 state  finance  law,  as  added  by  chapter  92 of the laws of 2021, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) Reasonable costs incurred by the office of cannabis management and
 the cannabis control board for implementing, administering, and  enforc-
 ing the marihuana regulation and taxation act, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO, THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING A TRACK AND TRACE PROGRAM WITH A UNIQUE
 PACKAGE IDENTIFIER. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE  TERM  "PACKAGE"
 SHALL  MEAN  A  SINGLE REGULATORY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, WHETHER REPRES-
 ENTED BY ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS, SYMBOLS, A  BARCODE,  OR  A  QR  CODE,
 APPLIED  TO  ALL  LINE  ITEMS  ON  A SHIPPING MANIFEST. FURTHER, FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "LINE ITEMS" SHALL  MEAN  CASES  OF
 PRODUCTS, AND SHALL EXPRESSLY EXCLUDE ANY UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS ASSIGNED TO
 THE INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT UNITS CONTAINED WITHIN SUCH CASES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10699-03-6

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2025-A8820B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8264
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §99-ii, St Fin L

2025-A8820B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the office of cannabis management and cannabis control board to establish a track and trace program; requires certain tracking requirements on cannabis sold within the state.

2025-A8820B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8820--B
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DAIS, SCHIAVONI -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Economic Development -- recommitted to the  Committee  on
   Economic  Development  in  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the usage of funds
   in the New York state cannabis revenue fund; and to amend the cannabis
   law, in relation to record keeping and tracking of cannabis
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Paragraph  (b) of subdivision 3 of section 99-ii of the
 state finance law, as added by chapter  92  of  the  laws  of  2021,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) Reasonable costs incurred by the office of cannabis management and
 the  cannabis control board for implementing, administering, and enforc-
 ing the marihuana regulation and taxation act, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMIT-
 ED TO, THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING A TRACK AND TRACE PROGRAM WITH A  UNIQUE
 PACKAGE  IDENTIFIER.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "PACKAGE"
 SHALL MEAN A SINGLE REGULATORY IDENTIFICATION  NUMBER,  WHETHER  REPRES-
 ENTED  BY  ALPHANUMERIC  CHARACTERS,  SYMBOLS,  A BARCODE, OR A QR CODE,
 APPLIED TO ALL LINE ITEMS ON  A  SHIPPING  MANIFEST.  FURTHER,  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "LINE ITEMS" SHALL MEAN CASES OF
 PRODUCTS, AND SHALL EXPRESSLY EXCLUDE ANY UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS ASSIGNED TO
 THE INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT UNITS CONTAINED WITHIN SUCH CASES.
   § 2. Section 78 of the cannabis law is amended to read as follows:
   § 78. Record keeping and tracking.  1. The board shall, by regulation,
 require each licensee pursuant to this article  to  adopt  and  maintain
 security,  tracking,  record  keeping, record retention and surveillance
 systems,  relating  to  all  cannabis  at  every  stage  of   acquiring,
 possession,   manufacture,  sale,  delivery,  transporting,  testing  or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10699-05-6

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