Requires applicants for a permit, registration, or license issued by the cannabis control board to report any relevant law enforcement interactions that occur…

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Requires applicants for a permit, registration, or license issued by the cannabis control board to report any relevant law enforcement interactions that occur during the application review process

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Latest action Apr 24, 2026

Requires applicants for a permit, registration, or license issued by the cannabis control board to report any relevant law enforcement interactions that occur during the application review process; provides for automatic denial of such application for failure to make such report.

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Where it stands

Out of committee and scheduled for a vote by the full chamber.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A11122, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Cannabis Law.

Committee

Investigations And Government Operations · New York State Senate

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This bill would amend the cannabis law by adding a new section that requires applicants to report any law enforcement interactions that occur during the application review process SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: : Section 1 adds section 128-a to the cannabis law which requires an applicant for a permit, registration, or license issued under the canna- bis law chapter to report any law enforcement interactions relevant to their application. A failure to report any law enforcement interaction would result in denial or revocation of the permit, registration, or license. Section 2 sets the enacting date

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Recorded votes

Vote: Committee vote · Investigations And Government Operations
Senate Investigations And Government OperationsApr 21, 2026Result: passed
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The sponsor's argument

Why Patricia Fahy says this is needed

This bill would require applicants to report law enforcement inter- actions during the application review period. This would close a loop- hole allowing permits, registrations, and licenses to be issued to indi- viduals who should not qualify for them under the spirit of the law. This loophole has led to several cases of individuals who committed crimes during their application review period still being issued permits. In one case, an applicant for a microbusiness cannabis license in the City of Amsterdam was charged with selling cannabis to an under- aged agent during the review period. Despite these charges, the appli- cant was still awarded a license due to this gap in the cannabis law. When the recreational consumption of cannabis was legalized in New York, the licensing process that was created intended to provide reparations to those who had been harshly prosecuted for minor marijuana infractions in the past by prioritizing them in the licensing process; the intent was not to allocate licenses to those with pending criminal cases. This legislation would improve the cannabis law by closing a loophole that is a clear perversion of its original intent.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Apr 24, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
NY Assembly
Apr 20, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
NY Senate
Apr 8, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
NY Senate

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