A bill filed today in the New York Senate would authorize licensed marijuana businesses to sell immature cannabis plants for personal cultivation.
Senate Bill 7387 was introduced by Senator Michelle Hinchey (D) and has been referred to the Senate Committee on Investigations and Government Operations. The measure would allow retail dispensary licensees, microbusiness licensees, and nursery licensees to sell up to three immature cannabis plants per person for home growing.
The proposal defines an “immature cannabis plant” as “a cannabis plant that has not flowered and that does not have visible buds”, and it directs the Cannabis Control Board to establish rules and regulations for such sales.
The proposal would give adults more accessible and regulated options for cultivating marijuana at home, something already legal under New York’s adult-use law. Currently, those 21 and older can grow up to six plants per person—three mature and three immature—with a household cap of 12 plants. However, obtaining starter plants through legal channels has remained a challenge.
For the full text of the proposed law, click here.
