Companions bills that would temporarily allow marijuana growers to sell directly to consumers was recently filed in the New York Assembly and Senate.
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The legislation would allow marijuana cultivators who are licensed with the state to temporarily sell marijuana on farm premises, directly to consumers. Proponents argue that this would allow farmers to recoup the cost of external circumstances that have caused farmers to be stuck with large amounts of marijuana and marijuana products that they have no current means of dispensing.
“[A] conditional adult-use cultivator licensee shall be authorized to sell their own or another conditional adult-use cultivator licensee holder’s cannabis products directly to consumers until no later than September thirtieth, two thousand twenty-three”, states the bill’s text. “Such authority shall allow for on-farm sales of tested, packaged and sealed products.”
Assembly Bill 6593 was filed by Assemblymembers Donna Lupardo and Crystal Peoples-Stokes, and has been assigned to the Assembly Economic Development Committee.
Senate Bill 6470 was filed by Senator Michelle Hinchey, and has been assigned to the Senate Committee on Investigations and Government Operations.
The state would be “authorized to issue emergency regulations, if necessary, to implement this subdivision.”
In addition, state regulators would be authorized “to create a loan or grant program for the purpose of having any cannabis grown under a conditional adult-use cultivator license prior to September thirtieth, two thousand twenty-three processed into distillate. The end-product of such processing shall be returned to the licensee for future use.”
