Product testing, labeling and advertising laws by state

HB 2179: marijuana; advertising; restrictions

Marijuana establishments, nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries, and marijuana paraphernalia sellers must not advertise to individuals under twenty-one years of age, at public transportation facilities, or with false health claims. All advertising must include a conspicuous warning and meet audience age requirements of at least 73.6 percent adults for electronic and sponsored event advertising.

SB 305: To require certain testing of processed marijuana products sold as medical marijuana.

Requires testing of processed marijuana products sold as medical marijuana for concentrations of tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol, while clarifying the section does not authorize or prohibit specific products including prerolls, blunts, or other ready-made inhalables.

AB 2532: Cannabis: labels, packaging, and advertising.

Persons engaged in commercial cannabis activity must include on labels for edible cannabis products and cannabis beverages the toll-free number for the national Poison Help line. For cannabis beverages with multiple servings, labels must clearly state the product contains multiple servings and provide serving measurement information. Containers must feature conspicuous lines delineating serving sizes, and consumers must be offered a measuring device at no charge. Persons must not advertise cannabis beverages with multiple servings as single-serve products or encourage consumption of multiple servings at one time.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

AB 1965: Cannabis: testing: quality assurance.

Retailers and other licensees authorized to engage in retail sale of cannabis or cannabis products must provide certificates of analysis to customers upon request and allow the department to obtain or access products for off-the-shelf laboratory testing. Testing laboratories must be subject to performance testing to ensure consistency of results across laboratories.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

AB 2249: Cannabis: labels, packaging, and advertising.

Manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of cannabis and cannabis products must not manufacture, distribute, or sell cannabis, cannabis products, packaging, or labeling that is attractive to children, as defined. Licensees may continue selling compliant inventory until January 1, 2028. The Department of Cannabis Control must adopt regulations by July 1, 2027 establishing a standardized rubric and voluntary written determination process for packaging and labeling.

Takes effect 1 January 2027

AB 8: Cannabis: cannabinoids: industrial hemp.

Beginning January 1, 2026, industrial hemp raw extract incorporated into food, beverages, or dietary supplements must have purity greater than 99 percent and contain no THC or synthetic cannabinoids. Beginning January 1, 2028, industrial hemp entering the licensed cannabis market must comply with cannabis regulatory requirements including track and trace, testing, and security standards.

Took effect 1 January 2026

HB 7181: An act concerning the regulation of tobacco, cannabis, hemp and related products, conduct and establishments.

Persons engaged in selling cigarettes or tobacco products must ship or transport them only to cigarette distributors, dealers, export warehouse proprietors, customs bonded warehouse operators, or government officers acting in official duties. Persons engaged in selling or delivering electronic nicotine delivery systems or vapor products must ship or transport them only to persons holding dealer or manufacturer registrations or government officers acting in official duties. Shippers must mark containers plainly, require age verification, and obtain signed acknowledgment of receipt.

Took effect 1 October 2025

SB 33: "Georgia Hemp Farming Act"; total THC concentration of consumable hemp products; provide limits

This bill establishes property tax reform in Georgia, including a Local Homestead Option Sales Tax (LHOST) allowing counties to impose up to 1 percent sales tax to fund homestead exemptions, modifies homestead exemption calculations, limits special election dates for revenue increases, and prohibits retroactive assessment of ad valorem taxes for improperly applied homestead exemptions.

LD 1488: An Act Regarding Cannabis Testing And The Manufacture Of Cannabis And Hemp Products

Amends cannabis testing requirements to exclude retesting when cannabis or cannabis products have not undergone further processing, manufacturing, or alteration that would increase contaminant concentration, with an exception for edible cannabis products made from cannabis concentrate.

SB 594: Cannabis - Advertising - Alterations

Cannabis licensees must not advertise in ways that target individuals under 21 years old or use designs attractive to minors. Standard dispensary license holders may place exterior signage identifying the business and providing contact information, subject to size limits of 900 square inches per sign or 1,200 square inches total. The Maryland Cannabis Administration must accept audience composition data and establish a process for event sponsorship attestations by January 1, 2027.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 820: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission - Unauthorized Consumable Products - Enforcement and Seizure

Retailers may not distribute, sell, expose for sale, or advertise for sale unauthorized consumable products, which include tianeptine products, certain kratom products not complying with labeling requirements, certain phenibut products not complying with labeling requirements, and consumable products containing poisonous or deleterious substances designated by the Secretary of Health. The Maryland Department of Health must notify the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission within 30 days after changes to regulatory or approval status of these products.

Took effect 1 July 2026

SB 433: State agencies (existing): health and human services; educational materials regarding health dangers for youth using high-potency THC and cannabis products; require the department to provide. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1509.

The department of health and human services must develop an informational notice by July 1, 2026, in English, Spanish, and Arabic containing information on dangers of tobacco, vapor, alternative nicotine, THC cannabis, and synthetic intoxicating hemp products, plus resources and THC poisoning recognition. School boards and nonpublic school governing bodies must provide this notice to parents by October 1 annually and post a link on their websites.

HF 3615: Cannabis laboratory testing requirements extended.

Cannabis businesses and hemp businesses must not sell, offer for sale, or transfer cannabis flower, cannabis products, artificially derived cannabinoids, lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products unless a representative sample has been tested by a licensed cannabis testing facility or qualifying laboratory and meets established testing standards.

HB 792: Generally revise laws related to cannabis labeling and education

Persons manufacturing, packaging, selling, or transferring marijuana or marijuana products must include warning labels on packages with specified text in legible font next to a yellow triangle with exclamation point. Marijuana businesses must display posters at points of sale containing graphic depictions and text of all warnings. Labels and posters must provide contact information for addiction assistance resources.

AB 504: Establishes certain deceptive trade practices relating to the sale of or an offer to sell certain hemp products. (BDR 56-867)

A person who does not hold a cannabis establishment license and sells or offers to sell hemp products intended for human consumption must display signs at each customer entrance stating the location is not licensed to sell cannabis and at each sales station stating all hemp products contain less than the legal limit of THC. Such persons must not advertise false, misleading, or deceptive statements about their licensing status or the nature of hemp products.

SB 157: Revises provisions relating to the testing of cannabis and cannabis products. (BDR 56-962)

HB 1203: AN ACT to create and enact section 19-24.1-24.1 and a new subsection to section 19-24.1-36 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to regulating edible medical marijuana products; and to amend and reenact section 19-24.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to definitions of medical marijuana products.

Manufacturing facilities must obtain prior department approval before manufacturing cannabinoid edible products. Dispensaries must obtain prior department approval before possessing, marketing, or selling cannabinoid edible products. The department must review and approve the form, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, and marketing of each cannabinoid edible product before approval.

HB 4454: Medical marijuana; providing certain restrictions on edible products; effective date.

Licensed medical marijuana processors must ensure edible products clearly indicate the number of servings and tetrahydrocannabinol amount per serving. Edible products must not be attractive to children, manufactured in shapes of humans or cartoons, or resemble commercially available candy.

Took effect 1 November 2026

SB 518: Medical marijuana packaging; requiring certain warnings on labels. Effective date.

Medical marijuana businesses must package and label medical marijuana products to minimize appeal to children, avoid false or misleading statements, and include specific warnings: "For use by licensed medical marijuana patients only", "Keep out of reach of children", warnings about driving and pregnancy, and a statement that the product has been tested for contaminants. Dispensaries must return non-compliant products or dispose of them.

Took effect 1 November 2025

SB 774: Medical marijuana licenses; modifying certain identification number; requiring certain barcode. Effective date.

The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority must make available a method to validate medical marijuana patient licenses by twelve-character identification number and PDF417 barcode on its website and through a telephone verification system. Dispensaries must verify patient or caregiver licenses using the twelve-character identifier and PDF417 barcode.

Took effect 1 November 2025

HB 3724: Relating to cannabis; and prescribing an effective date.

The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission must adopt rules establishing packaging standards for marijuana items, cannabinoid products, and cannabinoid concentrates and extracts that prevent minors from unlawfully possessing or consuming them, using objective criteria including prohibitions on imagery or characters primarily associated with minors.

SB 1761: Agriculture - As enacted, makes various changes relative to the regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products. - Amends TCA Title 1, Chapter 3; Title 39; Title 43, Chapter 27; Title 53; Title 57, Chapter 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

Amends Tennessee Code Annotated Section 43-27-102(c) to extend a five-year period to ten years, making various changes relative to the regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products.

SB 5206: Concerning cannabis retailer advertising.

Licensed cannabis producers, processors, researchers, and retailers must not place advertisements within one thousand feet of school grounds, playgrounds, recreation centers, child care centers, public parks, libraries, or game arcades allowing persons under 21. Retailers may display only four signs on the building's main entrance side, each no larger than one thousand six hundred square inches, plus up to two trade name signs. All advertisements must include text stating only persons 21 years or older may purchase or possess cannabis products.

Took effect 1 January 2026