Bill Commons

NY A 6709

in committee

Relates to the topics of the course required to be taken by practitioners certifying patients as eligible for medical cannabis

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 6709 pass?

Not yet. NY A 6709 is in committee as of 2026-04-15 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-15): PRINT NUMBER 6709B

What is NY A 6709 about?

Relates to the topics of the course required to be taken by practitioners certifying patients as eligible for medical cannabis; establishes the endocannabinoid system awareness program; requires the office of cannabis awareness and the department of health to publish information about the endocannabinoid system awareness program on their websites.

Who sponsors NY A 6709?

Anna Kelles is the primary sponsor of NY A 6709, joined by 12 cosponsors.

Description

Relates to the topics of the course required to be taken by practitioners certifying patients as eligible for medical cannabis; establishes the endocannabinoid system awareness program; requires the office of cannabis awareness and the department of health to publish information about the endocannabinoid system awareness program on their websites.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-15 — PRINT NUMBER 6709B
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Anna Kellesprimary
  • Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyncosponsor
  • Yudelka Tapiacosponsor
  • Demond Meekscosponsor
  • Manny De Los Santoscosponsor
  • Donna Lupardocosponsor
  • Maritza Davilacosponsor
  • Brian Cunninghamcosponsor
  • Josh Jensencosponsor
  • Karines Reyescosponsor
  • Jen Lunsfordcosponsor
  • Phara Souffrant Forrestcosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-10

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-03-31

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-03-31

    PRINT NUMBER 6709A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-04-15

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  6. 2026-04-15

    PRINT NUMBER 6709B

    amendment-passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 10001not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 6972

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A6709?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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