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Assembly Bill A11606

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits copycat cannabis products

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2025-A11606 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:
Add §86-a, Cannabis L

2025-A11606 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits cannabis products, or packaging or labeling for a cannabis product, that are substantially similar to or likely to create confusion with a non-cannabis product.

2025-A11606 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11606
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 5, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gibbs) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in  relation  to  prohibiting  copycat
   cannabis products
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The cannabis law is amended by adding a new section 86-a to
 read as follows:
   § 86-A. PROHIBITION ON COPYCAT PRODUCTS. 1. NO PERSON,  FIRM,  ASSOCI-
 ATION  OR  CORPORATION  SHALL  WITHIN  THIS STATE MANUFACTURE, COMPOUND,
 BREW, DISTILL, PRODUCE, PROCESS,  PACK,  TRANSPORT,  POSSESS,  SELL,  OR
 OFFER  OR  EXPOSE  FOR SALE A CANNABIS PRODUCT, OR PACKAGING OR LABELING
 FOR A CANNABIS PRODUCT, THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO  OR  LIKELY  TO
 CREATE CONFUSION WITH A NON-CANNABIS PRODUCT.
   2.  THE  BOARD SHALL PROMULGATE ALL RULES OR REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR
 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15966-01-6

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