Bill Text: NY A01293 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for reciprocity agreements with other states for medical cannabis programs; directs the cannabis control board to promulgate regulations for the approval of pre-roll products in the medical cannabis program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-09 - referred to economic development [A01293 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A01293-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1293

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 9, 2025
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        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, HUNTER, LUPARDO -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Economic Development

        AN  ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to certain medical canna-
          bis reforms

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section 32 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 17 to read as follows:
     3    17. A person who is not a resident of this state, but who  is  author-
     4  ized  to  engage  in  the medical use of cannabis under the laws of such
     5  person's state or jurisdiction of residence, is deemed to hold  a  valid
     6  registry  identification if the person provides legitimate documentation
     7  and  abides  by  the  legal  limits  on  the  possession,  delivery  and
     8  production  of cannabis for medical purposes in this state, as set forth
     9  in section thirty-one of this article. The board shall make  regulations
    10  to implement the provisions of this subdivision and may enter into reci-
    11  procity agreements with other states with medical cannabis programs.
    12    §  2. Section 13 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new subdi-
    13  vision 7 to read as follows:
    14    7. The board shall promulgate regulations for the approval of pre-roll
    15  products in the medical cannabis program.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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