New Mexico legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Mexico HB294: CANNABIS PRODUCT PACKAGING REGULATIONS
Status: In committee, February 10, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to cannabis products; regulating the use of colors, materials and design elements on packaging and labeling of cannabis products that are similar to products sold to minors or that could be reasonably appealing to minors or that are commonly associated with entertainment media; providing that the use of artificial color additives not expressly approved by the cannabis control division of the regulation and licensing department renders a cannabis product adulterated; prescribing a penalty.
From the committee substitute text, February 10, 2026:
AN ACT RELATING TO CANNABIS PRODUCTS; REGULATING THE USE OF COLORS, MATERIALS AND DESIGN ELEMENTS ON PACKAGING AND LABELING OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO PRODUCTS SOLD TO MINORS OR THAT COULD BE REASONABLY APPEALING TO MINORS OR THAT ARE COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA; PROVIDING THAT THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL COLOR ADDITIVES NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY THE CANNABIS CONTROL DIVISION OF THE REGULATION AND LICENSING DEPARTMENT RENDERS A CANNABIS PRODUCT ADULTERATED; PRESCRIBING A PENALTY. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: SECTION 1. Section 26-2C-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2021 (1st S.S.), Chapter 4, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read: "26-2C-2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Cannabis .233845.1 wen = lairetam derocsrednu eteled = ]lairetam detekcarb[ HCEDC/HB Regulation Act: A. "artificial color additive" means a synthetic food dye or other dye, pigment or substance not derived from natural food sources that is added to a cannabis product to impart color; [A.] B. "cannabis": (1) means all parts of the plant genus Cannabis containing a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of more than three-tenths percent on a dry weight basis, whether growing or not; the seeds of the plant; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the plant, its seeds or its resin; and …
Sponsors
- Doreen Y. Gallegos (D, HD-052) · primary sponsor