Assembly Bill A4974

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of health to establish a cannabis awareness program for youths age eighteen and younger

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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
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A4974 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §206, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A9316

2025-A4974 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to establish a cannabis awareness program for youths age eighteen and younger designed to educate about the effects and risks associated with cannabis use, including that it is illegal for persons under the age of twenty-one.

2025-A4974 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4974
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZINERMAN,  WOERNER, HEVESI, JACKSON, CONRAD,
   GLICK, HYNDMAN, GIBBS, CUNNINGHAM, LUCAS,  DAVILA  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to directing the
   commissioner of health to establish a cannabis awareness  program  for
   youths age eighteen and younger
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 32 to read as follows:
   32. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION WITH THE
 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF CANNABIS MANAGEMENT,  ESTABLISH  AND
 DEVELOP A CANNABIS AWARENESS PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. SUCH PROGRAM
 SHALL  BE  DESIGNED TO EDUCATE YOUTHS AGE EIGHTEEN AND YOUNGER ABOUT THE
 EFFECTS AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CANNABIS USE,  INCLUDING  THAT  IT  IS
 ILLEGAL  FOR  PERSONS  UNDER  THE  AGE OF TWENTY-ONE. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE CREATION OF AGE-APPROPRIATE INSTRUC-
 TIONAL TOOLS AND MATERIALS AND MARKETING AND  ADVERTISING  MATERIALS  TO
 DISCOURAGE UNDERAGE CANNABIS USE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09015-01-5

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