A11606 • 2025

Prohibits copycat cannabis products

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Sponsor: Eddie Gibbs
Last action: 2026-06-05
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Prohibits copycat cannabis products

Prohibits copycat cannabis products 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.

What This Bill Does

Prohibits copycat cannabis products 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.

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Bill History

2026-06-05 Assembly
REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Official Summary Text

Prohibits copycat cannabis products
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.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          11606

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                      June 5, 2026
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        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:

     1    Section 1. The cannabis law is amended by adding a new section 86-a to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 86-A. PROHIBITION ON COPYCAT PRODUCTS. 1. NO PERSON,  FIRM,  ASSOCI-
     4  ATION  OR  CORPORATION  SHALL  WITHIN  THIS STATE MANUFACTURE, COMPOUND,
     5  BREW, DISTILL, PRODUCE, PROCESS,  PACK,  TRANSPORT,  POSSESS,  SELL,  OR
     6  OFFER  OR  EXPOSE  FOR SALE A CANNABIS PRODUCT, OR PACKAGING OR LABELING
     7  FOR A CANNABIS PRODUCT, THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO  OR  LIKELY  TO
     8  CREATE CONFUSION WITH A NON-CANNABIS PRODUCT.
     9    2.  THE  BOARD SHALL PROMULGATE ALL RULES OR REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR
    10  THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
    11    § 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