Assembly Bill A994

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in apparel and outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions

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Current Bill Status Via S1322 - Signed by Governor


  • 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-A994 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1322
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§37-0121 & 71-3703, En Con L (as proposed in S.6291-A & A.7063-A)

2023-A994 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in apparel and outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions.

2023-A994 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    994
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting  the  use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances
   in apparel and outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 37-0121 of the environmental conservation law, as
 added by a chapter of the  laws  of  2022,  amending  the  environmental
 conservation  law  relating to prohibiting the use of perfluoroalkyl and
 polyfluoroalkyl substances in apparel, as proposed in legislative  bills
 numbers S. 6291-A and A. 7063-A, is amended to read as follows:
 § 37-0121. Prohibition against the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoro-
 alkyl  substances  in  apparel AND OUTDOOR APPAREL FOR SEVERE WET CONDI-
 TIONS.
   1. [No] AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, NO PERSON SHALL
 SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE IN THIS  STATE  ANY  NEW,  NOT  PREVIOUSLY  USED,
 APPAREL  CONTAINING PERFLUOROALKYL   AND   POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES AS
 INTENTIONALLY ADDED CHEMICALS.
   2. IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  THIS  SECTION,
 ONE  YEAR AFTER THE DEPARTMENT'S ADOPTION OF THE REGULATIONS REQUIRED BY
 THIS SUBDIVISION, BUT NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 SEVEN, NO person shall sell or offer for sale in this state any NEW, NOT
 PREVIOUSLY  USED,  apparel containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
 substances [as intentionally added chemicals] AT OR ABOVE A  LEVEL  THAT
 THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH IN REGULATION.
   [2.]  3.  ON  OR  AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, NO
 PERSON  SHALL SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE IN THIS STATE ANY NEW,  NOT  PREVI-
 OUSLY  USED,  OUTDOOR  APPAREL  FOR  SEVERE  WET  CONDITIONS  CONTAINING
 PERFLUOROALKYL  AND POLYFLUOROALKYL  SUBSTANCES: (A) AT OR ABOVE A LEVEL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04296-01-3
 A. 994                              2
              

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