New York Senate Bill 159 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Pending: Senate Investigations and Government Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Authorizes the commissioner of taxation and finance to revoke the certificate of registration of the sale of adult-use cannabis; increases certain penalties relating to the sale of illicit cannabis; authorizes the commissioner of taxation and finance and the duly authorized representatives of the office of cannabis management to provide enforcement; makes it a class A misdemeanor for a distributor of adult-use cannabis products or a retail seller of adult-use cannabis products to sell any such products while not registered to do so.

Authorizes the commissioner of taxation and finance to revoke the certificate of registration of the sale of adult-use cannabis; increases certain penalties relating to the sale of illicit cannabis; authorizes the commissioner of taxation and finance and the duly authorized representatives of the office of cannabis management to provide enforcement; makes it a class A misdemeanor for a distributor of adult-use cannabis products or a retail seller of adult-use cannabis products to sell any such products while not registered to do so.

Sen. Liz Krueger [D]

Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-03	Senate	REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
2023-01-04	Senate	REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S159
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S00159&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S00159