Assembly Bill A6932

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires warning labels on all containers that contain bisphenol A

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A6932 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§37-0501 & 37-0507, En Con L

2023-A6932 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires warning labels on all containers that contain bisphenol A that states it is harmful to an individual's health to microwave or otherwise heat such container.

2023-A6932 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6932
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   requiring warning labels on all containers that contain bisphenol A
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 37-0501 of the environmental conservation law, as
 added by chapter 280 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 § 37-0501. Short title.
   This title shall be known and may be cited as  the  "bisphenol  A-free
 [children and babies] act".
   §  2.  Section 37-0507 of the environmental conservation law, as added
 by chapter 280 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 § 37-0507. Product labeling.
   1. The commissioner may authorize product labeling of products that do
 not contain bisphenol A. The label  on  such  products  may  prominently
 state  "Bisphenol  A  Free"  or  "BPA-Free" to inform consumers that the
 product does not contain the chemical bisphenol A.
   2. A WARNING LABEL SHALL BE AFFIXED TO ALL CONTAINERS THAT CONTAIN THE
 CHEMICAL BISPHENOL A. SUCH WARNING LABEL SHALL CLEARLY STATE THAT IT  IS
 HARMFUL  TO  AN  INDIVIDUAL'S  HEALTH IF SUCH CONTAINER IS MICROWAVED OR
 OTHERWISE HEATED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law.  Effective  immediately,  the addition, amendment,
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of this act on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to  be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10995-01-3

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