Assembly Bill A7723A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to jewelry containing lead

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

  • 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-A7723 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2433
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§37-0115 & 71-3705, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1928
2013-2014: S1576
2015-2016: S1236
2019-2020: A6041, S4046

2017-A7723 - Summary

Relates to jewelry containing lead.

2017-A7723 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7723
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the general busi-
   ness law, in relation to jewelry containing lead
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Legislative  findings.  The legislature hereby finds that
 stringent controls on the amount of lead in  jewelry  are  necessary  to
 protect  public  health,  especially  the  health  of children.   Random
 samples of jewelry in New York state have been found to  contain  up  to
 60,000  parts  per  million of lead. To assure consistent application of
 these controls to all jewelry, specific technical standards and controls
 must be specified.
   § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 37-0115 to read as follows:
 § 37-0115. LEAD-CONTAINING JEWELRY.
   FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS:
   1. "BODY PIERCING JEWELRY" MEANS ANY PART OF JEWELRY THAT IS  MANUFAC-
 TURED  OR SOLD FOR PLACEMENT IN A NEW PIERCING OR A MUCOUS MEMBRANE, BUT
 DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PART OF THAT JEWELRY THAT IS NOT  PLACED  WITHIN  A
 NEW PIERCING OR A MUCOUS MEMBRANE.
   2. "CHILDREN" MEANS CHILDREN AGED SIX AND YOUNGER.
   3.  "CHILDREN'S  JEWELRY" MEANS JEWELRY THAT IS MADE FOR, MARKETED FOR
 USE BY, OR MARKETED TO, CHILDREN. CHILDREN'S JEWELRY  INCLUDES,  BUT  IS
 NOT LIMITED TO, JEWELRY THAT MEETS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   (A)  REPRESENTED  IN ITS PACKAGING, DISPLAY, OR ADVERTISING, AS APPRO-
 PRIATE FOR USE BY CHILDREN.
   (B) SOLD IN CONJUNCTION WITH, ATTACHED TO, OR PACKAGED  TOGETHER  WITH
 OTHER  PRODUCTS THAT ARE PACKAGED, DISPLAYED, OR ADVERTISED AS APPROPRI-
 ATE FOR USE BY CHILDREN.

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

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2017-A7723A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2433
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§37-0115 & 71-3705, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1928
2013-2014: S1576
2015-2016: S1236
2019-2020: A6041, S4046

2017-A7723A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to jewelry containing lead.

2017-A7723A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7723--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   jewelry containing lead

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings.  The legislature hereby finds that
 stringent controls on the amount of lead in  jewelry  are  necessary  to
 protect  public  health,  especially  the  health  of children.   Random
 samples of jewelry in New York state have been found to  contain  up  to
 60,000  parts  per  million of lead. To assure consistent application of
 these controls to all jewelry, specific technical standards and controls
 must be specified.
   § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 37-0115 to read as follows:
 § 37-0115. LEAD-CONTAINING JEWELRY.
   FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS:
   1. "BODY PIERCING JEWELRY" MEANS ANY PART OF JEWELRY THAT IS  MANUFAC-
 TURED  OR SOLD FOR PLACEMENT IN A NEW PIERCING OR A MUCOUS MEMBRANE, BUT
 DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PART OF THAT JEWELRY THAT IS NOT  PLACED  WITHIN  A
 NEW PIERCING OR A MUCOUS MEMBRANE.
   2. "CHILDREN" MEANS CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF TWELVE.
   3.  "CHILDREN'S  JEWELRY" MEANS JEWELRY THAT IS MADE FOR, MARKETED FOR
 USE BY, OR MARKETED TO, CHILDREN AND INCLUDES JEWELRY THAT MEETS ANY  OF
 THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   (A)  REPRESENTED  IN ITS PACKAGING, DISPLAY, OR ADVERTISING, AS APPRO-
 PRIATE FOR USE BY CHILDREN.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06217-04-7

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