Bill Text: NY A09311 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Clarifies that employment at any licensee under the cannabis law satisfies employment requirements for parole, probation or other state supervision unless the terms and conditions of said parole, probation, or state supervision explicitly prohibit such employment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-28 - print number 9311a [A09311 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09311-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9311

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 27, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. GIBBS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Economic Development

        AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to employment  at  certain
          licensees for the purposes of parole conditions

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 127 of the cannabis law is amended
     2  to read as follows:
     3    6. (a) A person currently  under  parole,  probation  or  other  state
     4  supervision,  or  released  on recognizance, non-monetary conditions, or
     5  bail prior to being convicted, shall not be punished or otherwise penal-
     6  ized for conduct allowed under this chapter unless the terms and  condi-
     7  tions of said parole, probation, or state supervision explicitly prohib-
     8  it  a person's cannabis use or any other conduct otherwise allowed under
     9  this chapter. A person's use of cannabis or conduct under  this  chapter
    10  shall not be prohibited unless it has been shown by clear and convincing
    11  evidence  that  the  prohibition is reasonably related to the underlying
    12  crime. Nothing in this provision shall restrict the rights of  a  certi-
    13  fied medical patient.
    14    (b)  A  person currently under parole, probation or other state super-
    15  vision, who as a condition of such  parole,  probation  or  other  state
    16  supervision  is  required  to  be  employed, may fulfill such employment
    17  requirement through employment at any licensee under this chapter unless
    18  the terms and conditions of said parole, probation, or state supervision
    19  explicitly prohibit such person's employment at such licensee.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14457-02-4