Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A4243A

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides for the sanitization of every used mattress or bedding material transported, stored or sold in the state

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

Bill Amendments

multi-Sponsors

2011-A4243 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S358
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§383 & 387, add §385-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7691, S7316
2013-2014: A245, A8476, S57
2015-2016: A309, S1346
2017-2018: A5227, S587

2011-A4243 - Summary

Provides for the sanitization of every used mattress or bedding material transported, stored or sold in the state.

2011-A4243 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4243

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CASTRO -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN  ACT  to  amend  the general business law, in relation to articles of
  bedding

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 383 of the general business
law, as added by chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, are amended to read as
follows:
  2.  "New" shall mean any material or article which has not been previ-
ously used for any purpose, including by-products produced in the  manu-
facture  of  new fabric, and material reclaimed from new fabric[; except
that an article of bedding  returned  by  the  purchaser  for  exchange,
alteration,  or  correction,  within  thirty days after date of delivery
after original sale at retail, shall be deemed to be a new article,  but
thirty  days after date of such delivery such article shall be deemed to
be used];
  3. "Used" shall  mean  any  components,  ARTICLES  OR  MATERIALS  from
[previously used] bedding NOT CLASSIFIED AS NEW.
  S 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 385-b
to read as follows:
  S 385-B.  TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND SALE OF USED BEDDING. NO USED BEDDING
SHALL  BE  TRANSPORTED,  STORED OR SOLD WITH NEW BEDDING UNLESS THE USED
BEDDING HAS BEEN: SANITIZED USING A METHOD APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH THAT IS INTENDED TO KILL  BEDBUGS,  DUST  MITES,  OTHER  INSECTS,
MOLDS,  FUNGI,  GERMS  OR OTHER ORGANISMS, AND TO REMOVE SOIL, DUST MITE
AND INSECT FECES, ALLERGENS, AND  OTHER  CONTAMINANTS;  OR  ENCLOSED  IN
PLASTIC,  POLYETHYLENE  FILM OR SIMILAR MATERIAL DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE
PASSAGE OF CONTAMINANTS.
  S 3. Section 387 of the general business law, as  amended  by  chapter
249 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02964-01-1

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2011-A4243A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S358
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§383 & 387, add §385-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7691, S7316
2013-2014: A245, A8476, S57
2015-2016: A309, S1346
2017-2018: A5227, S587

2011-A4243A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the sanitization of every used mattress or bedding material transported, stored or sold in the state.

2011-A4243A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4243--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. CASTRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON
  -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Consumer  Affairs  and
  Protection -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the general business law, in relation to articles of
  bedding

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 383 of the general business
law, as added by chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, are amended to read as
follows:
  2.  "New" shall mean any material or article which has not been previ-
ously used for any purpose, including by-products produced in the  manu-
facture  of  new fabric, and material reclaimed from new fabric[; except
that an article of bedding  returned  by  the  purchaser  for  exchange,
alteration,  or  correction,  within  thirty days after date of delivery
after original sale at retail, shall be deemed to be a new article,  but
thirty  days after date of such delivery such article shall be deemed to
be used];
  3. "Used" shall  mean  any  components,  ARTICLES  OR  MATERIALS  from
[previously used] bedding NOT CLASSIFIED AS NEW.
  S 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 385-b
to read as follows:
  S  385-B.    TRANSPORT,  STORAGE  AND SALE OF USED BEDDING. 1. NO USED
BEDDING SHALL BE STORED OR SOLD WITH NEW BEDDING UNLESS THE USED BEDDING
HAS BEEN SANITIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED IN REGU-
LATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
EIGHTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE.
  2.  NO  USED  BEDDING SHALL BE TRANSPORTED WITH NEW BEDDING UNLESS THE
USED BEDDING HAS BEEN SANITIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARDS  ESTAB-
LISHED  IN  REGULATION  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT OF STATE PURSUANT TO SECTION

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02964-02-1

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.