Bill Text: NY S04117 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Prohibits the eviction of tenants for using medical marihuana for a certified medical use.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-21 - referred to housing [S04117 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04117-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          4117
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 28, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
          Community Development
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real  property  actions and proceedings law, in
          relation to prohibiting the eviction  of  tenants  for  using  medical
          marihuana for a certified medical use
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The real property actions and proceedings law is amended by
     2  adding a new section 716 to read as follows:
     3    § 716. Certified use of medical marihuana; no grounds. 1. For purposes
     4  of this section, the terms "medical marihuana"  and  "certified  medical
     5  use"  shall  have  the  same  meaning  set forth in section thirty-three
     6  hundred sixty of the public health law.
     7    2. No person, corporation, limited liability company,  partnership  or
     8  any  other  business  entity shall commence proceedings pursuant to this
     9  article on the grounds that a tenant uses medical marihuana for a certi-
    10  fied medical use, provided that such tenant is a  patient  certified  to
    11  use  medical  marihuana pursuant to title five-A of article thirty-three
    12  of the public health law.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10158-01-9