Assembly Bill A3802

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits state agencies from purchasing hand soap or cleaning products containing triclosan, triclocarban or derivatives of such antibacterial compounds

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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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2017-A3802 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §165, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8707
2015-2016: A4883

2017-A3802 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits state agencies from purchasing hand soap or cleaning products containing triclosan, triclocarban or derivatives of such antibacterial compounds.

2017-A3802 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3802
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to prohibiting state
   agencies from purchasing hand soap  or  cleaning  products  containing
   triclosan, triclocarban or derivatives of such antibacterial compounds

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 165 of the state finance law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE OF HAND SOAP  AND  CLEANING  PRODUCTS  THAT
 CONTAIN  TRICLOSAN,  TRICLOCARBAN,  OR DERIVATIVES OF SUCH ANTIBACTERIAL
 COMPOUNDS.
   A. EXCEPT AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, THE STATE AND ANY  STATE  AUTHORITY
 AS  SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO OF THE PUBLIC
 AUTHORITIES LAW SHALL NOT PURCHASE OR OBTAIN FOR ANY  PURPOSE  ANY  HAND
 SOAP  AND  CLEANING  PRODUCTS  THAT  CONTAIN TRICLOSAN, TRICLOCARBAN, OR
 DERIVATIVES OF SUCH ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOUNDS, WHOLESALE OR RETAIL, IN ANY
 FORM.
   B. THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL  NOT  APPLY
 TO:
   (I)  THE  PURCHASE  OF  HAND  SOAP  AND CLEANING PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN
 TRICLOSAN, TRICLOCARBAN, OR DERIVATIVES OF SUCH ANTIBACTERIAL  COMPOUNDS
 THAT ARE USED SOLELY IN MEDICAL FACILITIES; OR
   (II)  ANY  BINDING CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOR PURCHASE OF COMMODITIES
 ENTERED INTO PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year from the  date  on  which  it
 shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01797-01-7

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