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NY A05246Introducedas of 2025-02-12

Excludes volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services employees from the permissive use of marijuana.

Plain-English summary

What happened: A companion New York bill excluding volunteer firefighters and EMS employees from permissible marijuana use has been referred to the Labor Committee.

Why it matters: Parallel movement of this legislation in multiple committees increases the likelihood that volunteer first responders could lose marijuana use protections granted to other workers.

Affects: retailers

LATEST ACTION: referred to labor
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