Bill Text: NY S00951 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Includes transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary individuals in the social and economic equity plan of the New York state cannabis control board relating to the awarding of adult-use cannabis licenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S00951 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00951-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           951

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations

        AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to including gender equal-
          ity in the social and economic equity  plan  of  the  New  York  state
          cannabis control board

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of  section  87  of
     2  the cannabis law are amended and a new paragraph (g) is added to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (e)  distressed  farmers,  as  defined  in  subdivision  five  of this
     5  section; [and]
     6    (f) service-disabled veterans[.]; and
     7    (g) transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary individuals.
     8    § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 87 of the cannabis  law  is  amended  by
     9  adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
    10    (h)  "Transgender,  gender  non-conforming and non-binary individuals"
    11  shall mean any person who has a gender identity or expression  different
    12  from the sex assigned to that individual at birth.
    13    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02628-01-3