STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6456 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DAIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to the state cannabis advisory board The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 14 of the cannabis law is amended 2 to read as follows: 3 2. The state cannabis advisory board shall consist of thirteen voting 4 appointed members, along with a representative from the department of 5 environmental conservation, the department of agriculture and markets, 6 the office of children and family services, the department of labor, the 7 department of health, the division of housing and community renewal, the 8 office of addiction services and supports, [and] the department of 9 education, and the division of service-disabled veterans' business 10 development, serving as non-voting ex-officio members. The governor 11 shall have seven appointments, the temporary president of the senate and 12 the speaker of the assembly shall each have three appointments to the 13 board. The members shall be appointed to each serve three year terms 14 and in the event of a vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner 15 of the original appointment for the remainder of the term. The appointed 16 members and representatives shall receive no compensation for their 17 services but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses 18 incurred in the performance of their duties as board members. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06266-01-5