{"id":1733,"date":"2026-02-20T10:52:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T19:28:05","slug":"ny-bill-would-allow-low-thc-drinks-in-liquor-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/2026\/02\/20\/ny-bill-would-allow-low-thc-drinks-in-liquor-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Bill Would Allow Low-THC Drinks in Liquor Stores"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New York State Senate Bill S9220 (2025-2026), introduced February 17, 2026, by Sen. Jeremy\u00a0<strong>Cooney<\/strong>\u00a0(D-Rochester), chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Cannabis, would allow liquor and wine stores to sell low-potency cannabis beverages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"regulatory-framework\">Regulatory Framework<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill vests joint authority in the State Liquor Authority and Office of Cannabis Management over this novel class of intoxicating beverages limited to 5 milligrams of delta-9 THC per serving. Products must be maintained in a separate, distinctly marked area from alcoholic beverages, with sales confined to persons 21 years or older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"taxation-provisions\">Taxation Provisions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An excise tax of 9% applies to retailers&#8217; purchases from distributors; a 13% retail tax burdens end purchasers. Revenues from the latter are apportioned primarily to the state Cannabis Revenue Fund, approximately one-third to the locality of sale, and one-thirteenth to the liquor authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"legislative-precedent\">Legislative Precedent<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This measure succeeds S8575 (the &#8220;Hemp Beverage and Taxation Act&#8221;), also sponsored by Cooney and pending in committee since November 2025, which proposes Cannabis Control Board oversight of hemp-derived cannabinoid beverages (\u22645mg THC\/container) with a uniform 10% tax and parallel age\/labeling restrictions. As of February 19, 2026, S9220 remains referred to the Senate Investigations and Government Operations Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York State Senate Bill S9220 (2025-2026), introduced February 17, 2026, by Sen. Jeremy\u00a0Cooney\u00a0(D-Rochester), chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Cannabis, would allow liquor and wine stores to sell low-potency cannabis beverages. Regulatory Framework The bill vests joint authority in the State Liquor Authority and Office of Cannabis Management over this novel class of intoxicating &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/2026\/02\/20\/ny-bill-would-allow-low-thc-drinks-in-liquor-stores\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NY Bill Would Allow Low-THC Drinks in Liquor Stores&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[63,1121],"ppma_author":[797],"class_list":["post-1733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-cannabis","tag-infusedbeverages"],"authors":[{"term_id":797,"user_id":120,"is_guest":0,"slug":"mdschwamm","display_name":"Michael D. Schwamm","avatar_url":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/06\/schwammmichael-100x100.jpg","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1733"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/cannabis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}