Senate Bill S2440A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Regulates cadmium in substrate components in children's jewelry

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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-S2440 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1376-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4055
2013-2014: S854
2015-2016: S1890
2019-2020: S3761

2017-S2440 - Summary

Regulates cadmium in substrate components of children's jewelry; provides that no children's jewelry shall be sold or distributed in this state that contains cadmium in accessible metal or plastic substrate components exceeding certain levels.

2017-S2440 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2440 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2440
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to regulating cadmium
   in substrate of children's jewelry
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 1376-b to read as follows:
   § 1376-B. REGULATION OF CADMIUM IN  CERTAIN  SUBSTRATE  COMPONENTS  OF
 CHILDREN'S  JEWELRY. 1.  NO CHILDREN'S JEWELRY SHALL BE SOLD OR DISTRIB-
 UTED IN THE STATE THAT CONTAINS CADMIUM IN ACCESSIBLE METAL  OR  PLASTIC
 SUBSTRATE COMPONENTS EXCEEDING THE LEVELS PRESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION.
   2.  ACCESSIBLE  PLASTIC OR METAL COMPONENTS OF CHILDREN'S JEWELRY THAT
 EXCEED A TOTAL CADMIUM CONTENT SCREENING LEVEL OF 300 PARTS PER  MILLION
 (PPM) SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING MIGRATION LIMITS:
   (A) ACCESSIBLE PLASTIC COMPONENTS OF CHILDREN'S JEWELRY THAT ARE SMALL
 PARTS AS DEFINED IN 16 C.F.R. 1501.4 SHALL NOT EXCEED 75 PPM CADMIUM, AS
 DETERMINED  THROUGH SOLUBILITY TESTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH EUROPEAN UNION
 STANDARD: EN-71-3, TOY SAFETY SPECIFICATION  FOR  MIGRATION  OF  CERTAIN
 ELEMENTS.
   (B)  ACCESSIBLE  METAL COMPONENTS OF CHILDREN'S JEWELRY THAT ARE SMALL
 PARTS AS DEFINED IN 16 C.F.R. 1501.4 SHALL NOT EXCEED 200 UG CADMIUM, AS
 DETERMINED THROUGH SOLUBILITY TESTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH  U.S.  CONSUMER
 PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION TEST METHOD: CPSCC-CH-E1004-11, STANDARD OPER-
 ATING  PROCEDURE  FOR DETERMINING CADMIUM (CD) EXTRACTABILITY FROM CHIL-
 DREN'S METAL JEWELRY, APPLYING  AN  INTER-LABORATORY  CORRECTION  FACTOR
 CONSISTENT WITH EN-71-3.
   (C) ACCESSIBLE PLASTIC AND METAL COMPONENTS OF CHILDREN'S JEWELRY THAT
 ARE  NOT  SMALL PARTS AS DEFINED IN 16 C.F.R. 1501.4 SHALL NOT EXCEED 18
 UG CADMIUM, AS DETERMINED THROUGH SALINE EXTRACTION TESTING  IN  ACCORD-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06629-01-7
              

2017-S2440A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1376-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4055
2013-2014: S854
2015-2016: S1890
2019-2020: S3761

2017-S2440A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Regulates cadmium in substrate components of children's jewelry; provides that no children's jewelry shall be sold or distributed in this state that contains cadmium in accessible metal or plastic substrate components exceeding certain levels.

2017-S2440A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2440A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2440--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to regulating cadmium
   in substrate components of children's jewelry
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  The public health law is amended by adding a  new  section
 1376-b to read as follows:
   §  1376-B.  REGULATION  OF  CADMIUM IN CERTAIN SUBSTRATE COMPONENTS OF
 CHILDREN'S JEWELRY. 1.  NO CHILDREN'S JEWELRY SHALL BE SOLD OR  DISTRIB-
 UTED  IN  THE STATE THAT CONTAINS CADMIUM IN ACCESSIBLE METAL OR PLASTIC
 SUBSTRATE COMPONENTS EXCEEDING THE LEVELS PRESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION.
   2. ACCESSIBLE PLASTIC/POLYMERIC  OR  METAL  COMPONENTS  OF  CHILDREN'S
 JEWELRY THAT EXCEED A TOTAL CADMIUM CONTENT SCREENING LEVEL OF 300 PARTS
 PER MILLION (PPM) SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING MIGRATION LIMITS:
   (A) ACCESSIBLE PLASTIC COMPONENTS OF CHILDREN'S JEWELRY THAT ARE SMALL
 PARTS AS DEFINED IN 16 C.F.R. 1501.4 SHALL NOT EXCEED 75 PPM CADMIUM, AS
 DETERMINED  THROUGH SOLUBILITY TESTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM F2923-14,
 STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY FOR CHILDREN'S JEWEL-
 RY, 13.4.
   (B) ACCESSIBLE METAL COMPONENTS OF CHILDREN'S JEWELRY THAT  ARE  SMALL
 PARTS AS DEFINED IN 16 C.F.R. 1501.4 SHALL NOT EXCEED 200 UG CADMIUM, AS
 DETERMINED  THROUGH  SOLUBILITY TESTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM F2923-14
 13.5, APPLYING AN INTER-LABORATORY ANALYTICAL CORRECTION FACTOR CONSIST-
 ENT WITH ASTM F2923-14 13.5.1.
   (C) ACCESSIBLE PLASTIC AND METAL COMPONENTS OF CHILDREN'S JEWELRY THAT
 ARE NOT SMALL PARTS AS DEFINED IN 16 C.F.R. 1501.4 SHALL NOT  EXCEED  18
 UG  CADMIUM,  AS DETERMINED THROUGH SALINE EXTRACTION TESTING IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH ASTM F2923-14 13.6.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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