A 4770: Implements licensure and eligibility limitations for the cannabis control board's social and economic equity plan regarding persons convicted of certain felonies.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4770 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to implementing licensure and eligibility limitations for the cannabis control board's social and economic equity plan The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 87 of the canna- 2 bis law is amended to read as follows: 3 (c) was convicted of a marihuana-related offense prior to the effec- 4 tive date of this chapter, or had a parent, guardian, child, spouse, or 5 dependent, or was a dependent of an individual who, prior to the effec- 6 tive date of this chapter, was convicted of a marihuana-related offense; 7 provided, however, an individual convicted of an offense or offenses 8 relating to any illegal substance or substances other than marihuana-re- 9 lated offenses shall be deemed ineligible for consideration for licens- 10 ing under the social and economic equity plan. 11 § 2. Section 65 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new subdi- 12 vision 6 to read as follows: 13 6. A licensee convicted of a felony pursuant to article two hundred 14 twenty or two hundred twenty-two of the penal law shall have all 15 licenses granted under this chapter immediately revoked. 16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04065-01-5