A 3501: Prohibits cannabis retail and on-site consumption licensees from operating such premises within one thousand feet of school grounds or a child day care center.
What A 3501 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed law aims to regulate cannabis retail and on-site consumption licensees. It prohibits these licensees from operating within a certain distance of schools, child day care centers, and houses of worship. Specifically, it prohibits storefronts from being located within one thousand feet of a school or child day care center, and within two hundred feet of a house of worship. This distance restriction applies to both retail and on-site consumption licensees. The law takes effect immediately.
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Last action: referred to economic development (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 3501
- What is the current status of A 3501?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 3501 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to economic development".
- Did A 3501 pass?
- Not yet. A 3501 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 3501, and where is it now?
- A 3501 was authored by Asm. Jenifer Rajkumar. Its committee of record is Assembly Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce & Industry. It is filed under CAN, alongside 66 other New York CAN bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to economic development |
| Jan. 28, 2025 | referred to economic development |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 28, 2025 · 284 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3501 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to prohibiting cannabis retail and on-site consumption licensees from operating such premises within one thousand feet of a school or a child day care center 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 72 of the cannabis law is amended 2 to read as follows: 3 6. No cannabis retail licensee shall locate a storefront within [five4hundred] one thousand feet of [a] school grounds as such term is defined 5 in the education law, or within one thousand feet of a child day care 6 center as defined in the social services law, or within two hundred feet 7 of a house of worship. 8 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 77 of the cannabis law is amended to 9 read as follows: 10 4. No applicant shall be granted an adult-use on-site consumption 11 license for any premises within [five hundred] one thousand feet of 12 school grounds as such term is defined in the education law, or within 13 one thousand feet of a child day care center as defined in the social 14 services law, or within two hundred feet [from] of a house of worship. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07483-01-5
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