NY S08332Introducedas of 2025-06-03
Enacts the "small cannabis farmer relief act" in relation to authorizing certain licensees who qualify as distressed farmer licensees and who legally cultivated cannabis during the two thousand twenty-two or two thousand twenty-three calendar year to expand their cultivation canopy.
Plain-English summary
What happened: A New York bill that would allow qualifying distressed small cannabis farmers who legally cultivated in 2022 or 2023 to expand their cultivation canopy has had its enacting clause stricken, effectively halting the bill.
Why it matters: The removal of the enacting clause ends the bill's progress, meaning distressed small farm licensees will not gain the canopy expansion authorization the bill proposed.
Affects: cultivators
LATEST ACTION: RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
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