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A02640 Summary:

BILL NOA02640A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSayegh

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COSPNSRHunter, Brown K, Lunsford, Kassay

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §6810, Ed L

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Requires prescription drug containers be labeled with a description of the size, shape, color and imprint of the prescription drug it contains if such drug is in tablet or capsule form.

Go to top A02640 Actions:

BILL NOA02640A

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01/21/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

05/15/2026amend (t) and recommit to higher education

05/15/2026print number 2640a

05/19/2026reported referred to codes

05/20/2026reported referred to rules

Go to topA02640 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HIGHER EDUCATION Chair:Hyndman 
DATE:05/19/2026AYE/NAY:21/1 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes HyndmanAyeSmullenAye

LupardoAyeSmithAye

StirpeAyeFitzpatrickAye

SimonAyeReillyAye

McDonaldNayMillerAye

Bichotte HermelExcusedGrayAye

McMahonAyePirozzoloAye

ButtenschonAyeSempolinskiAbsent

ClarkAye

ForrestExcused

Chandler-WatermAye

SeawrightAye

EachusAye

SayeghAye

ReyesExcused

GriffinAye

KellesAye

O'PharrowAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:05/20/2026AYE/NAY:14/4 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

PowersAyeReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinExcused

WeprinAyeTannousisExcused

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

BoresExcused

ReyesAbsent

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Go to topA02640 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA02640 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2640--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, HUNTER, K. BROWN, LUNSFORD, KASSAY --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with Assem-
 bly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring prescription
 drug containers be labeled with a description of the size, shape,
 color and imprint of the prescription drug it contains if such drug is
 in tablet or capsule form

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6810 of the education law, as
 2 amended by section 2 of part V of chapter 57 of the laws of 2012, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. No drug for which a prescription is required by the provisions of
 5 the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act or by the commissioner of health
 6 shall be distributed or dispensed to any person except upon a
 7 prescription written by a person legally authorized to issue such
 8 prescription. Such drug shall be compounded or dispensed by a licensed
 9 pharmacist, and no such drug shall be dispensed without affixing to the
 10 immediate container in which the drug is sold or dispensed a label bear-
 11 ing the name and address of the owner of the establishment in which it
 12 was dispensed, the date compounded, the number of the prescription under
 13 which it is recorded in the pharmacist's prescription files, the name of
 14 the prescriber, the name and address of the patient, a physical
 15 description of the drug if such drug is in tablet or capsule form,
 16 including, but not limited to, the size, shape, color, and imprint of
 17 the drug, and the directions for the use of the drug by the patient as
 18 given upon the prescription. All labels shall conform to such rules and
 19 regulations as promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to section
 20 sixty-eight hundred twenty-nine of this article. The prescribing and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02714-02-6

 A. 2640--A 2

 1 dispensing of a drug which is a controlled substance shall be subject to
 2 additional requirements provided in article thirty-three of the public
 3 health law. The words "drug" and "prescription required drug" within the
 4 meaning of this article shall not be construed to include soft or hard
 5 cont