Assembly Bill A4600

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale or offer for sale of any cosmetic product or personal care product containing PFAS substances

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A4600 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §37-0117, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8363

2023-A4600 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale or offer for sale of any cosmetic product or personal care product containing PFAS substances.

2023-A4600 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4600
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting  the  sale  or  offer  for sale of any cosmetic product or
   personal care product containing PFAS substances

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading of section 37-0117 of the environmental
 conservation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  44 of the laws of 2020, is
 amended and a new subdivision 8 is added to read as follows:
 Prohibition of cosmetic products and personal care  products  containing
                1,4-dioxane OR PFAS SUBSTANCES.
   8.  NO  PERSON  SHALL  SELL  OR OFFER FOR SALE ANY COSMETIC PRODUCT OR
 PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT CONTAINING INTENTIONALLY  ADDED  PFAS  SUBSTANCES.
 FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, "PFAS SUBSTANCES" SHALL MEAN A
 CLASS OF FLUORINATED ORGANIC CHEMICALS CONTAINING  AT  LEAST  ONE  FULLY
 FLUORINATED  CARBON  ATOM  AND "INTENTIONALLY ADDED" SHALL HAVE THE SAME
 MEANING AS "INTENTIONALLY  ADDED  CHEMICAL"  IN  SUBDIVISION  ELEVEN  OF
 SECTION 37-0901 OF  THIS  ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect June 1, 2024.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01088-01-3

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