A10810 • 2025

Prohibits adult-use cannabis dispensaries from being located within a certain distance of the property boundary of a public school, public park, or beach

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Sponsor: Daniel Norber
Last action: 2026-05-19
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Prohibits adult-use cannabis dispensaries from being located within a certain distance of the property boundary of a public school, public park, or beach

Prohibits adult-use cannabis dispensaries from being located within a certain distance of the property boundary of a public school, public park, or beach Prohibits adult-use cannabis dispensaries from being located within one thousand feet from the property boundary of a public school, public park, or beach.

What This Bill Does

Prohibits adult-use cannabis dispensaries from being located within a certain distance of the property boundary of a public school, public park, or beach Prohibits adult-use cannabis dispensaries from being located within one thousand feet from the property boundary of a public school, public park, or beach.

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Bill History

2026-05-19 Assembly
HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2026-04-01 Assembly
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Official Summary Text

Prohibits adult-use cannabis dispensaries from being located within a certain distance of the property boundary of a public school, public park, or beach
Prohibits adult-use cannabis dispensaries from being located within one thousand feet from the property boundary of a public school, public park, or beach.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10810

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                      April 1, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. NORBER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Economic Development

        AN  ACT  to amend the cannabis law, in relation to prohibiting adult-use
          cannabis dispensaries from being located within a certain distance  of
          the property boundary of a public school, public park, or beach

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 72 of the cannabis law is  amended
     2  by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
     3    (A-1)  (I) NO PREMISES WITH A LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION,
     4  OR SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT-A OF THIS ARTICLE, OR  SECTION  SEVENTY-THREE  OF
     5  THIS  ARTICLE  THAT  ALLOWS  FOR  THE RETAIL SALE OF ADULT-USE CANNABIS,
     6  SHALL BE LOCATED WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF THE  PROPERTY  BOUNDARY  OF
     7  ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUBLIC PARK, OR PUBLIC BEACH.
     8    (II)  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, DISTANCE SHALL BE MEASURED IN A
     9  STRAIGHT LINE FROM THE CENTER OF THE NEAREST ENTRANCE  OF  THE  PREMISES
    10  SOUGHT  TO  BE LICENSED TO THE NEAREST POINT OF THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY OF
    11  SUCH PUBLIC SCHOOL, PUBLIC PARK, OR  PUBLIC  BEACH,  WITHOUT  REGARD  TO
    12  INTERVENING BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, OR ZONING DISTRICT LINES.
    13    (III) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH:
    14    (1)  "PUBLIC  SCHOOL"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL
    15  OPERATED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR OTHER PUBLIC ENTITY OF THE STATE.
    16    (2) "PUBLIC PARK" SHALL MEAN ANY PARK, PLAYGROUND, RECREATION AREA, OR
    17  SIMILAR FACILITY OWNED, LEASED OR OPERATED BY THE STATE OR ANY POLITICAL
    18  SUBDIVISION THEREOF AND DESIGNATED OR USED PRIMARILY FOR  PUBLIC  RECRE-
    19  ATION.
    20    (3)  "PUBLIC BEACH" SHALL MEAN ANY BATHING BEACH, SHORELINE, OR WATER-
    21  FRONT AREA OWNED, LEASED OR OPERATED  BY  THE  STATE  OR  ANY  POLITICAL
    22  SUBDIVISION THEREOF AND DESIGNATED OR REGULARLY USED FOR PUBLIC BATHING,
    23  SWIMMING, OR WATERFRONT RECREATION.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15285-01-6