S1556-2013 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Provides that no candy or confection shall be sold in this state which resembles marijuana or marijuana products or imitates the flavor of marijuana

Provides that no candy or confection sold in this state shall be packaged, shaped or manufactured to resemble marijuana or marijuana products or to imitate the flavor of marijuana.

Sponsor: LAVALLE / Co-sponsor(s): LARKIN, RANZENHOFER, SAVINO
Law Section: General Business Law / Law: Add S399-j, Gen Bus L

S1556-2013 Actions

Mar 20, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Mar 19, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Mar 18, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.211
Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

S1556-2013 Meetings

Consumer Protection: Mar 18, 2013

S1556-2013 Calendars

S1556-2013 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Consumer Protection - Mar 18, 2013

Ayes (10): Zeldin, Boyle, Fuschillo, Little, Marchione, Maziarz, Savino, Serrano, Gipson, Latimer
Ayes W/R (1): Hoylman

S1556-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1556

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the general business law, in relation to marijuana themed candy

PURPOSE:
To provide that no candy or confection shall be sold in this state
which resembles marijuana or marijuana products or imitates the
flavor of marijuana.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Adds a new section 399-j to the General Business Law to prohibit the
manufacturing and/or sale of candy or confection which is packaged
or shaped to resemble marijuana or marijuana products or to imitate
the flavor of marijuana.

JUSTIFICATION:
Pot themed candy irresponsibly promotes illegal drug culture to
children. This legislation would prohibit the manufacturing purchase
and sale of marijuana-flavored candy in the state, with a penalty of
up to a S1,000 fine and/or up to a year in jail.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011-12 S.3145; 2009-10 S.1682; 2007-08, S.816; 2005-06, S.4100.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.

S1556-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                          1556
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 9, 2013
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  LAVALLE,  LARKIN,  RANZENHOFER  -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
 Consumer Protection
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to marijuana
 themed candy
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-j to read as follows:

 

S  399-J.  MARIJUANA  THEMED  CANDY. 1. NO CANDY OR CONFECTION SOLD IN
 THIS STATE SHALL BE PACKAGED, SHAPED OR MANUFACTURED TO  RESEMBLE  MARI
 JUANA OR MARIJUANA PRODUCTS OR TO IMITATE THE FLAVOR OF MARIJUANA.
 2.  A  VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE
 BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR A TERM  OF  IMPRISON
 MENT OF UP TO ONE YEAR, OR BOTH SUCH FINE AND IMPRISONMENT.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03798-01-3

S1556-2013: Provides that no candy or confection shall be sold in this state which resembles marijuana or marijuana products or imitates the flavor of marijuana