New York A 9406: Regulates the sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs

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A09406 Summary:

BILL NOA09406 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORButtenschon

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COSPNSRColton, Cruz, Sayegh, Griffin, Simon

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §391-o, Gen Bus L

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Regulates the sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs.

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BILL NOA09406 

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12/19/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

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Go to topA09406 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9406

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 December 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, COLTON, CRUZ, SAYEGH, GRIFFIN, SIMON
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and
 Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale of
 over-the-counter methamphetamine precursor drugs

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 2 391-o to read as follows:
 3 § 391-o. Sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs. 1. For the purposes
 4 of this section:
 5 (a) "methamphetamine precursor drug" shall mean any compound, mixture,
 6 or preparation containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine as its sole
 7 active ingredient or as one of its active ingredients; and
 8 (b) "real-time stop sale system" means a system intended to be used by
 9 law enforcement agencies and pharmacies or other business establishments
 10 that:
 11 (A) is installed, operated, and maintained free of any one-time or
 12 recurring charge to the business establishment or to the state;
 13 (B) is able to communicate in real time with similar systems operated
 14 in other states and similar systems containing information submitted by
 15 more than one state;
 16 (C) complies with the security policy of the criminal justice informa-
 17 tion services division of the federal bureau of investigation;
 18 (D) complies with information exchange standards adopted by the
 19 national information exchange model;
 20 (E) uses a mechanism to prevent the completion of a sale of a product
 21 containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or non-pseudoephedrine that would
 22 violate state or federal law regarding the purchase of a product
 23 containing those substances; and
 24 (F) is equipped with an override of the mechanism that:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14292-01-5

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 1 (i) may be activated by an employee of a business establishment; and
 2 (ii) creates a record of each activation of the override.
 3 2. No person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, limited
 4 liability company, or other entity shall sell to the same person, and a
 5 person shall not purchase, products containing more than three and six
 6 tenths grams per day or more than nine grams per thirty day period of
 7 ephedrine or pseudoephedrine base, or their isomers. The limits shall
 8 apply to the total amount of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine contained in
 9 the products, and not the overall weight of the products.
 10 3. Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, limited
 11 liability company, or other entity that offers for sale methamphetamine
 12 precursor drugs in an over-the-counter sale shall ensure that all pack-
 13 ages of the drugs are displayed behind a checkout counter or in a locked
 14 case where the public is not permitted. Such person, firm, corporation,
 15 partnership, association, limited liability company, or other entity
 16 shall:
 17 (a) require any person purchasing a nonprescription product that
 18 contains pseudoephedrine or ephedrine to present valid government issued
 19 photo identification at the point of sale.
 20 (b) record the name and address of the purchaser; name and quantity of
 21 product purchased; date and time purchased; and purchaser identification
 22 type and number, such as driver license state and number, and require
 23 the purchaser's signature in a electronic or paper logbook.
 24 4. A person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, l