BILL NUMBER: S8940
SPONSOR: SCARCELLA-SPANTON
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the cannabis law, in relation to doubling the distance
allowed between cannabis storefronts and premises for adult-use on-site
consumption and school grounds and houses of worship; and restricting
their distance with a child day care
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 72 of the cannabis law is amended to
read as follows: 6. No cannabis retail licensee shall locate a store-
front within  
FIVE HUNDRED one thousand feet of a school grounds as
such term is defined in the education law or a child day care as such
term is defined in the social services law or within  
TWO four hundred
feet of a house of worship.
Section 2. Subdivision 4 of section 77 of the cannabis law is amended to
read as follows: 4. No applicant shall be granted an adult-use on-site
consumption license for any premises within  
FIVE HUNDRED one thousand
feet of school grounds as such term is defined in the education law or a
child day care as such term is defined in the social services law or
 
TWO four hundred feet from a house of worship.
Section 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it
shall have become law.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Requiring cannabis storefronts to be located at a further distance from
schools, daycares and houses of worship helps protect minors, preserve
the character of sensitive community spaces, and reduce unintended expo-
sure to regulated substances.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISNEW BILL
TO BE DETERMINED.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE NINETIETH DAY AFTER IT SHALL HAVE
BECOME A LAW.

Statutes affected:
S8940: 72 cannabis law, 72(6) cannabis law, 77 cannabis law, 77(4) cannabis law