S 8469: Provides that a licensee for an adult-use retail dispensary whose license was approved by the office prior to July twenty-eighth, two thousand twenty-five, and whose business location was found to be in compliance with standards used by the office at the time of such approval, regardless of such business location's proximity to a school property line, shall be deemed compliant for purposes of license renewal and continued operation at such location.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8469 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE August 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to the proximity of an adult-use retail dispensary licensee's business location to a school The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 72 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision six of this section 4 or any other law to the contrary, any licensee for an adult-use retail 5 dispensary whose initial license was approved by the office prior to 6 July twenty-eighth, two thousand twenty-five, and whose business 7 location was found at the time of such approval to be in compliance with 8 standards used by the office at such time, regardless of such business 9 location's actual proximity to a school property line, shall be deemed 10 compliant for the purposes of license renewal and continued operation at 11 such location, provided that: 12 (a) such licensee has not otherwise violated any provision of this 13 chapter or applicable regulations; and 14 (b) such licensee remains in good standing with the office. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13586-01-5