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A04974 Summary:

BILL NOA04974
 
SAME ASSAME AS S05755
 
SPONSORZinerman
 
COSPNSRWoerner, Hevesi, Jackson, Conrad, Glick, Hyndman, Gibbs, Cunningham, Lucas, Davila, Braunstein, Shimsky, Ramos
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §206, Pub Health L
 
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.
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A04974 Actions:

BILL NOA04974
 
02/10/2025referred to health
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A04974 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A4974
 
SPONSOR: Zinerman
  TITLE OF BILL: 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   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:: To ensure that those under 18 are fully informed and empowered with information on the effects and risks associated with cannabis.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:: Section 1 provides for the establishment of a cannabis awareness program for youths age eighteen and younger. Section 2 sets forth an immediate effective date.   JUSTIFICATION:: It is currently illegal for anyone under 21 to buy, possess or consume adult-use cannabis in New York State. However, many under age 21 still encounter cannabis in their daily life-directly or through advertising. It is imperative that they also receive age-appropriate information from trusted sources in an educational setting. This bill will provide for that.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:: 2023-2024: A9316-B (Zinerman) Died in Committee   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:: Minimal.   EFFECTIVE DATE:: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A04974 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4974
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    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:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 32 to read as follows:
     3    32. The commissioner shall, in consultation and collaboration with the
     4  executive director of the office of cannabis management,  establish  and
     5  develop a cannabis awareness program within the department. Such program
     6  shall  be  designed to educate youths age eighteen and younger about the
     7  effects and risks associated with cannabis use,  including  that  it  is
     8  illegal  for  persons  under  the  age of twenty-one. Such program shall
     9  include, but not be limited to, the creation of age-appropriate instruc-
    10  tional tools and materials and marketing and  advertising  materials  to
    11  discourage underage cannabis use.
    12    § 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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