New York S 5755: Directs the commissioner of health to establish a cannabis awareness program for youths age eighteen and younger

Status: REFERRED TO HEALTH (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 5755

Sponsors: Cordell Cleare, Robert Rolison, Steve Rhoads

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S05755 Summary:

BILL NOS05755 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04974

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSRRHOADS, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §206, Pub Health L

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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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BILL NOS05755 

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02/28/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

06/04/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1537

06/09/2025PASSED SENATE

06/09/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/09/2025referred to health

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5755

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed 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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