---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to medical use of cannabis and to the controlled substances therapeutic research act; repealer"
description: "Relates to the medical use of cannabis; repeals controlled substances therapeutic research act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 3294"
citation: "New York S 3294 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy Cooney"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6406ca18-fe1e-48c9-b4ff-5bb2005e29e0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3294"
source_hash: "3c8611860493b0f2ff62e76fd1d0ac70dc8c116118b81617be86553116fa0350"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 3294 (2025-2026) — Relating to medical use of cannabis and to the controlled substances therapeutic research act; repealer

Relates to the medical use of cannabis; repeals controlled substances therapeutic research act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S3294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3294&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S3294A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3294A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–3** (pass) · lower
- Health Vote — **8–5** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **39–20** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **37–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeremy Cooney — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-24** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** 1ST REPORT CAL.1084
- **2025-05-14** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-05-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-05-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-05-19** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2025-05-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-27** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-05-27** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 3294A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-11** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4759A
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.717
- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.544 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6406ca18-fe1e-48c9-b4ff-5bb2005e29e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).