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NY A 8581

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Prohibits the cultivation, processing, distribution and sale of edible cannabis products, flavored cannabis vape cartridges, and other flavored cannabis products, and restricts cannabis labeling and advertisement

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 8581 pass?

Not yet. NY A 8581 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

What is NY A 8581 about?

Prohibits the cultivation, processing, distribution and sale of edible cannabis products, flavored cannabis vape cartridges and other flavored cannabis products; prohibits the use of food-related names in the labeling or packaging of cannabis products; prohibits the use of food-related names in the advertisement of cannabis products.

Who sponsors NY A 8581?

J. Gary Pretlow is the primary sponsor of NY A 8581.

Description

Prohibits the cultivation, processing, distribution and sale of edible cannabis products, flavored cannabis vape cartridges and other flavored cannabis products; prohibits the use of food-related names in the labeling or packaging of cannabis products; prohibits the use of food-related names in the advertisement of cannabis products.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • J. Gary Pretlowprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-21

    REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 6174not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A8581?summary=&detail=

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