Assembly Bill A3947

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the packaging of cannabis and hemp products

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A3947 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1682
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §81, add §103-a, Cannabis L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8813, S7508

2023-A3947 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the packaging of cannabis and industrial hemp products; requires the cannabis control board to develop strategic plans detailing the packaging and labeling requirements to be used prior to the retail sale of any cannabis or cannabis product; establishes a sustainable cannabis packaging incubator program.

2023-A3947 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3947
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, LUPARDO, GLICK, SIMON, DICKENS -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to the packaging of canna-
   bis and hemp products
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 81 of the cannabis law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  SUCH  RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE REQUIRING THE BOARD TO
 DEVELOP STRATEGIC PLANS DETAILING THE PRIMARY USE OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP FOR
 PACKAGING AND LABELING REQUIREMENTS TO BE USED PRIOR TO THE RETAIL  SALE
 OF  ANY  CANNABIS OR CANNABIS PRODUCT TO A CANNABIS CONSUMER, IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH THIS CHAPTER.   FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE  TERM
 "INDUSTRIAL   HEMP" MEANS THE PLANT CANNABIS SATIVA L. AND ANY PART   OF
 SUCH   PLANT,    WHETHER GROWING    OR    NOT,    WITH    A      DELTA-9
 TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL CONCENTRATION OF NOT MORE THAN 0.3 PERCENT ON A DRY
 WEIGHT BASIS.
   § 2. The cannabis law is amended by adding a new section 103-a to read
 as follows:
   §  103-A.  SUSTAINABLE  CANNABIS PACKAGING; INCUBATOR PROGRAM. 1.  THE
 BOARD, IN COORDINATION WITH THE EMPIRE  STATE  DEVELOPMENT  CORPORATION,
 AND AFTER RECEIVING INPUT FROM OTHER RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS, SHALL ESTAB-
 LISH AND IMPLEMENT A SUSTAINABLE CANNABIS PACKAGING INCUBATOR PROGRAM TO
 ENCOURAGE  THE  USE  AND  DEVELOPMENT  OF SUSTAINABLE CANNABIS PACKAGING
 MATERIALS FOR USE IN THE ADULT-USE CANNABIS INDUSTRY.
   2. SUCH PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS SHALL DEVELOP COMPOSTABLE AND BIODEGRADA-
 BLE CANNABIS PACKAGING MATERIALS AND SHALL PRIORITIZE THE USE OF  INDUS-
 TRIAL  HEMP FOR THE CREATION OF SUCH PACKAGING MATERIALS. SUCH COMPOSTA-
 BLE AND BIODEGRADABLE CANNABIS PACKAGING MATERIALS PRODUCED THROUGH  THE
 INCUBATOR PROGRAM SHALL BE NO LESS THAN THIRTY PERCENT HEMP.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04382-01-3
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