Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 24, 2022 |
signed chap.11 delivered to governor |
Jan 19, 2022 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.19 substituted for a8723 |
Jan 19, 2022 |
substituted by s7737 rules report cal.19 reported reported referred to rules |
Jan 11, 2022 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A8723
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7737 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
William Colton
2021-A8723 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7737
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd Art 37 Title 10 Title Head, §§37-1001, 37-1003, 37-1005, 37-1007 & 37-1009, ren §§37-1011 & 37-1013 to be §§37-1013 & 37-1015, add §37-1011, En Con L (as proposed in S.4630-B & A.5418-B)
2021-A8723 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8723 I N A S S E M B L Y January 11, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the regulation of chemicals in upholstered furniture, mattresses and elec- tronic enclosures THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The title heading of title 10 of article 37 of the environ- mental conservation law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the environmental conservation law relating to the regulation of chemicals in upholstered furniture, mattresses and electronic enclo- sures, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4630-B and A. 5418-B, is amended to read as follows: TITLE [X] 10 § 2. Subdivisions 3 and 9 of section 37-1001 of the environmental conservation law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the environmental conservation law relating to the regulation of chemicals in upholstered furniture, mattresses and electronic enclosures, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4630-B and A. 5418-B, are amended to read as follows: 3. "Custom upholsterer" means a person who, either by himself or herself or through employees or agents, repairs, reupholsters, recovers, restores, or renews upholstered furniture[, or who makes to order and specification of the user any article of upholstered residential furni- ture, using either new materials or owner's materials]. A CUSTOM UPHOL- STERER SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY MANUFACTURER OF NEW, READY TO BE SOLD FURNITURE, OR NEW MADE TO ORDER FURNITURE. 9. "Organohalogen flame retardant chemical" means a chemical that MEETS BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: (A) A FUNCTIONAL USE FOR THE CHEMICAL IS TO RESIST OR INHIBIT THE SPREAD OF FIRE OR AS A SYNERGIST TO CHEMICALS THAT RESIST OR INHIBIT THE SPREAD OF FIRE; AND (B) THE CHEMICAL contains one or more halogen elements, including fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine, bonded to carbon. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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