Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 07, 2020 |
approval memo.101 signed chap.757 |
Dec 30, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
May 15, 2019 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.314 substituted for a7371 |
Apr 30, 2019 |
referred to economic development delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.491 |
Apr 26, 2019 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S5349
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2019-S5349 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7371
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§37-0901 & 37-0907, En Con L (as proposed in S. 501-B and A. 6296-A)
2019-S5349 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5349 SPONSOR: KAMINSKY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to regulation of toxic chemicals in children's products PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to regulate toxic chemicals in children's products. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would amend § 37-0901 and § 37-0907 of the Environmental Conservation Law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2019, to define trace contaminants and to allow for the exemption of certain trace contaminants that might be subject to the sale prohibition provisions of this title. JUSTIFICATION:
2019-S5349 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5349 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 26, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to regu- lation of toxic chemicals in children's products THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 37-0901 of the environmental conservation law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the environmental conservation law relating to regulation of toxic chemicals in children's products, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 501-B and A. 6296-A, is amended by adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows: 11. "TRACE CONTAMINANT" MEANS A TRACE AMOUNT OF A CHEMICAL OR CHEMI- CALS THAT IS INCIDENTAL TO MANUFACTURING, INCLUDING AN UNINTENDED BY-PRODUCT OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS DURING THE MANUFACTURE OF THE CHIL- DREN'S PRODUCT, A TRACE IMPURITY IN FEED-STOCK, AN INCOMPLETELY REACTED CHEMICAL MIXTURE, OR A DEGRADATION PRODUCT. § 2. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 37-0907 of the environmental conservation law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the environmental conservation law relating to regulation of toxic chem- icals in children's products, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 501-B and A. 6296-A, are amended to read as follows: 1. Effective January first, two thousand twenty-three, no person shall distribute, sell or offer for sale in this state a children's product containing tris (1, 3 dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate, benzene, formaldeh- yde (other than in textiles), asbestos, and organohalogen flame [retar- dents] RETARDANTS. This provision shall not apply: (a) to a children's product solely based on its containing an enclosed battery or enclosed electronic components [and]; (b) where state regulation of children's products is preempted by federal law; OR (C) WHERE THE CHEMICAL IS PRES- ENT AS A TRACE CONTAMINANT. The commissioner may exempt a children's product from this prohibition if, in the commissioner's judgment, the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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