Senate Bill S5409A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the purchase of green cleaning and other custodial products

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S5409 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §169, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S3870
2019-2020: S3243
2021-2022: S5712
2023-2024: S2740

2015-S5409 - Summary

Relates to the purchase of green cleaning and other custodial products.

2015-S5409 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5409 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5409

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to  the  purchase  of
  green cleaning and other custodial products

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

  Section 1. Short title. This law shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "Greening Our Cleaning Act".
  S  2.  Statement  of  findings and purpose. The legislature finds that
there are environmentally preferable alternatives to the  products  that
we  commonly  use  for  routine  tasks, such as cleaning and maintaining
interior building finishes. Such alternatives  are  most  beneficial  to
those  who apply them and those who occupy buildings where such products
are used. In addition to the federal government, a number of  state  and
local jurisdictions have taken steps to purchase environmentally prefer-
able or "green" cleaning products.
  The  legislature finds that the purchase and use of many such environ-
mentally preferable cleaning alternatives will result in improved indoor
air quality and enhanced environmental health.
  S 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section  169  to
read as follows:
  S  169.  GREEN CLEANING PRODUCTS.   1. GENERAL DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN
THIS SECTION:
  (A) "AIR FRESHENER" MEANS ANY PRODUCT INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,
SPRAYS,  WICKS,  POWDERS,  BLOCKS,  GELS  AND CRYSTALS, DESIGNED FOR THE
PURPOSE OF MASKING ODORS, OR FRESHENING, CLEANING, SCENTING OR DEODORIZ-
ING THE AIR. THIS TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE PRODUCTS THAT ARE USED  ON  THE
HUMAN  BODY,  PRODUCTS  THAT  FUNCTION PRIMARILY AS CLEANING PRODUCTS OR
DISINFECTANT  PRODUCTS  CLAIMING  TO  DEODORIZE  BY  KILLING  GERMS   ON
SURFACES.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10927-02-5

              

2015-S5409A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §169, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S3870
2019-2020: S3243
2021-2022: S5712
2023-2024: S2740

2015-S5409A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the purchase of green cleaning and other custodial products.

2015-S5409A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5409A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 5409--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted  to
  the  Committee  on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the state finance law, in relation to the purchase of
  green cleaning and other custodial products

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This law shall be known and may be cited as
the "Greening Our Cleaning Act".
  S 2. Statement of findings and purpose.  The  legislature  finds  that
there  are  environmentally preferable alternatives to the products that
we commonly use for routine tasks,  such  as  cleaning  and  maintaining
interior  building  finishes.  Such  alternatives are most beneficial to
those who apply them and those who occupy buildings where such  products
are  used.  In addition to the federal government, a number of state and
local jurisdictions have taken steps to purchase environmentally prefer-
able or "green" cleaning products.
  The legislature finds that the purchase and use of many such  environ-
mentally preferable cleaning alternatives will result in improved indoor
air quality and enhanced environmental health.
  S  3.  The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 169 to
read as follows:
  S 169. GREEN CLEANING PRODUCTS.  1. GENERAL DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED  IN
THIS SECTION:
  (A)  "AIR  FRESHENER" MEANS ANY PRODUCT INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
SPRAYS, WICKS, POWDERS, BLOCKS, GELS  AND  CRYSTALS,  DESIGNED  FOR  THE
PURPOSE OF MASKING ODORS, OR FRESHENING, CLEANING, SCENTING OR DEODORIZ-
ING  THE  AIR. THIS TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE PRODUCTS THAT ARE USED ON THE
HUMAN BODY, PRODUCTS THAT FUNCTION PRIMARILY  AS  CLEANING  PRODUCTS  OR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10927-03-6
              

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