Bill Commons

NY S 6972

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 · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 6972 pass?

Not yet. NY S 6972 is in committee as of 2026-04-15 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-15): PRINT NUMBER 6972B

What is NY S 6972 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 S 6972?

Pete Harckham is the primary sponsor of NY S 6972, joined by 1 cosponsor.

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 6972B
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Pete Harckhamprimary
  • Jessica Scarcella-Spantoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-27

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-03-28

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-03-28

    PRINT NUMBER 6972A

    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 6972B

    amendment-passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 10001not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 6709

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6972?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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