NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7275A

Senate Bill S7275A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the restriction on certain facilities being located within a certain distance from cannabis storefronts

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 19, 2025	print number 7275a
May 19, 2025	amend (t) and recommit to investigations and government operations
Apr 08, 2025	referred to investigations and government operations

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2025-S7275 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5341
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§72 & 77, Cannabis L

2025-S7275 - Summary

Restricts cannabis storefronts and premises from being located within 500 feet from a school and two hundred feet of a house of worship.

2025-S7275 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7275

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the cannabis law, the education law and the social
services law, in relation to restricting cannabis storefronts from being
located within a certain distance from child day care centers, public
parks and playgrounds and specifying that cannabis storefronts shall be
restricted from locating within a certain distance from schools, child
day care centers and houses of worship located in a mixed use building

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would include child day care centers, houses of worship,
public parks and playgrounds located in mixed use buildings within the
proximity requirement that cannabis retail licensees or adult on-site
consumption licensees may not operate a storefront. The bill also clari-
fies that school grounds will include public or private pre-school,
nursery school, elementary school, secondary school or charter schools
located in mixed use buildings for purposes the proximity requirement
for operating a cannabis storefront.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Subdivision 6 of § 72 of the cannabis law is amended to
include a child day care center, a public park or a playground where no
cannabis retail licensee shall locate a storefront within five hundred
feet. This subdivision also defines houses of worship to include any
area, including entrances and exits, in a mixed use building which
contains or is used as a house of worship.

Section 2. Subdivision 4 of § 77 of the cannabis law is amended to
include a child day care center, a public park or a playground where no
adult-use on site consumption licensee shall locate a storefront within
five hundred feet. This subdivision also defines houses of worship to
include any area, including entrances and exits, in a mixed use building
which contains or is used as a house of worship.

Section 3. Subdivision 2 of § 409 of the Education expand the definition
of school grounds to include entrances and exits, in a mixed use build-
ing which as a private or public pre-school, nursery school, secondary
school or charter school.Law is amended to any area, including contains
or is used elementary school,

Section 4. The definition of child day care center in paragraph (c) of
subdivision 1 of § 390 of the social services law shall include any
area, including entrances and exits, in a mixed use building which
contains or is used as a child day care center.

Section 5. Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Mixed use buildings are properties which are used for commercial, resi-
dential, or community facility purposes and these properties may contain
apartments, businesses or in some cases, schools, child day care
centers, houses of worship or playgrounds and parks. Existing cannabis
law prohibits a cannabis retail licensee and an adult-use on-site
consumption licensee from being located within five hundred feet of
school grounds as defined by education law or being located within two
hundred feet of a house of worship. This bill will include child day
care centers in mixed use buildings and playground and parks as areas
that these cannabis licensees may not establish a storefront within five
hundred feet. Additionally, houses of worship which are in mixed use
properties will be locations that a cannabis retail licensee and an
adult-use on-site consumption licensee may not locate their storefront
within two hundred feet. Finally, the bill clarifies that the definition
of school grounds shall include mixed use buildings, ensuring these
properties, which may include schools, are among those which retail
licensees and on-site consumption licensees must remain five hundred
feet from locating their business.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S7275 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7275
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Investigations  and
   Government Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  cannabis  law, the education law and the social
   services law, in relation to  restricting  cannabis  storefronts  from
   being  located  within a certain distance from child day care centers,
   public parks and playgrounds and specifying that cannabis  storefronts
   shall  be  restricted  from  locating  within  a certain distance from
   schools, child day care centers and houses of  worship  located  in  a
   mixed use building
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 72 of the cannabis law is  amended
 to read as follows:
   6.  No  cannabis retail licensee shall locate a storefront within five
 hundred feet of [a] school grounds as such term is defined in the educa-
 tion law, A CHILD DAY CARE CENTER AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF  SUBDI-
 VISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, A
 PUBLIC  PARK  OR  A PLAYGROUND, or within two hundred feet of a house of
 worship. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A "HOUSE  OF  WORSHIP"  SHALL
 INCLUDE ANY AREA, INCLUDING ENTRANCES AND EXITS, IN A MIXED USE BUILDING
 WHICH CONTAINS OR IS USED AS A HOUSE OF WORSHIP.
   §  2.  Subdivision  4  of section 77 of the cannabis law is amended to
 read as follows:
   4. No applicant shall be  granted  an  adult-use  on-site  consumption
 license  for  any premises within five hundred feet of school grounds as
 such term is defined in the education law, A CHILD DAY  CARE  CENTER  AS
 DEFINED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 NINETY OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, A PUBLIC PARK OR A PLAYGROUND, or two
 hundred feet from a house of worship.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 A "HOUSE OF WORSHIP" SHALL INCLUDE ANY  AREA,  INCLUDING  ENTRANCES  AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07008-03-5

 S. 7275                             2
 
 EXITS,  IN  A MIXED USE BUILDING WHICH CONTAINS OR IS USED AS A HOUSE OF
 WORSHIP.
   §  3. Subdivision 2 of section 409 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 449 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any  other  law,  rule  or  regu-
 lation,  tobacco  use  shall  not  be  permitted and no person shall use
 tobacco on school grounds. "School grounds" means any  building,  struc-
 ture  and  surrounding  outdoor  grounds,  including entrances or exits,
 contained within a public or private pre-school, nursery school, elemen-
 tary or secondary school's legally defined property boundaries as regis-
 tered in a county clerk's office. "SCHOOL GROUNDS"  SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE
 ANY  AREA,  INCLUDING  ENTRANCES OR EXITS, IN A MIXED USE BUILDING WHICH
 CONTAINS OR IS USED AS A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PRE-SCHOOL,  NURSERY  SCHOOL,
 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL OR CHARTER SCHOOL.
   §  4.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision  1 of section 390 of the social
 services law, as added by chapter 750 of the laws of 1990, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (c) "Child day care center" shall mean any program or facility  caring
 for  children for more than three hours per day per child in which child
 day care is provided by a child day care provider except those  programs
 operating  as  a  group  family day care home as such term is defined in
 paragraph (d) of this subdivision, a family day care home, as such  term
 is  defined in paragraph (e) of this subdivision, and a school-age child
 care program, as such term is defined in paragraph (f) of this  subdivi-
 sion.  A  "CHILD  DAY  CARE  CENTER"  SHALL  INCLUDE ANY AREA, INCLUDING
 ENTRANCES AND EXITS, IN A MIXED USE BUILDING WHICH CONTAINS OR  IS  USED
 AS A CHILD DAY CARE CENTER.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S7275A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5341
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§72 & 77, Cannabis L

2025-S7275A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Restricts cannabis storefronts and premises from being located within 500 feet from a school and two hundred feet of a house of worship.

2025-S7275A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7275A

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the cannabis law, in relation to further restricting
cannabis storefronts from being located within five hundred feet of a
school and two hundred feet of a house of worship if they are located in
a mixed use building

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would further restrict cannabis retail storefronts locating
within 500 feet of school or 200feet of a religious institution to
include mixed use buildings. The bill also clarifies that, for purposes
of the proximity requirement, all entrances and exits are included for
those schools or houses of worship located in a mixed use building.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Subdivision 6 of § 72 of the cannabis law is amended to
include distance requirements, that no cannabis retail licensees can

operate a storefront within five hundred feet of school grounds or two
hundred feet of a place of worship, including all entrances and exits of
the mixed use building within which they operate.

Section 2. Subdivision 4 of § 77 of the cannabis law is amended to
extend the definition of schools and houses of worship to include any
area, including entrances and exits, in a mixed use building which
contains or is used as a house of worship.

Section 5. Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Mixed use buildings are properties which are used for commercial, resi-
dential, or community facility purposes and may contain apartments,
businesses or in some cases, schools, or houses of worship. Such mixed
use buildings are often within proximity of cannabis retail establish-
ments. This bill clarifies that school and houses of worship must
include the mixed use buildings that they might operate within, specify-
ing that cannabis retail licensees may not operate within five hundred
feet of school grounds or two hundred feet of a place of worship,
including all entrances and exits of the broader mixed use buildings
that they are located within.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately. However, the provisions of this
act shall only apply to new licenses issued on or after the effective
date.

2025-S7275A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7275--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Investigations  and
   Government  Operations  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in  relation  to  further  restricting
   cannabis  storefronts from being located within five hundred feet of a
   school and two hundred feet of a house of worship if they are  located
   in a mixed use building
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 72 of the cannabis law is  amended
 to read as follows:
   6.  No  cannabis retail licensee shall locate a storefront within five
 hundred feet of [a] school grounds as such term is defined in the educa-
 tion law AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE ALL
 ENTRANCES AND EXITS IN A MIXED USE BUILDING WHICH CONTAINS OR IS USED AS
 A SCHOOL, or IS within two hundred feet  of  a  house  of  worship.  FOR
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  A "HOUSE OF WORSHIP" SHALL INCLUDE ANY
 AREA, INCLUDING ENTRANCES AND EXITS,  IN  A  MIXED  USE  BUILDING  WHICH
 CONTAINS OR IS USED AS A HOUSE OF WORSHIP.
   §  2.  Subdivision  4  of section 77 of the cannabis law is amended to
 read as follows:
   4. No applicant shall be  granted  an  adult-use  on-site  consumption
 license  for  any premises within five hundred feet of school grounds as
 such term is defined in the education law AND FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION  SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE ALL ENTRANCES AND EXITS IN A MIXED USE
 BUILDING WHICH CONTAINS OR IS USED AS A SCHOOL, or IS two  hundred  feet
 from  a house of worship.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A "HOUSE OF
 WORSHIP" SHALL INCLUDE ANY AREA, INCLUDING ENTRANCES  AND  EXITS,  IN  A
 MIXED USE BUILDING WHICH CONTAINS OR IS USED AS A HOUSE OF WORSHIP.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any new
 license issued on or after such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD07008-05-5

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