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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6709: Relates to the topics of the course required to be taken by practitioners certifying patients as eligible for medical cannabis

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 6709 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the topics of the course required to be taken by practitioners certifying patients as eligible for medical cannabis. Primary sponsor: Anna Kelles (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 15, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 6709B.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9 · Democratic/Working Families 3 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Anna KellesPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Brian CunninghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Maritza DavilaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Phara Souffrant ForrestCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Rodneyse Bichotte HermelynCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Josh JensenCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse134
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Donna LupardoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse123
Demond MeeksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse137
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Manny De Los SantosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse72
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. PRINT NUMBER 6709B
  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
  3. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  4. PRINT NUMBER 6709A
  5. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
  6. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source