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Jan 17, 2023 | ordered to third reading cal.108 |
Jan 11, 2023 | referred to rules |
senate Bill S1340
Sponsored By
Samra G. Brouk
(D, WF) 55th Senate District
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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S1340 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A619
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §37-0117, En Con L (as proposed in S.8291-A & A.8630-A)
S1340 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that no person shall sell or offer for sale any cosmetic product or personal care product containing mercury, other than in trace amounts allowed by the food and drug administration as unavoidable under conditions of good manufacturing practice or necessary for use as a preservative in the absence of an effective and safe nonmercurial preservative substitute.
S1340 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1340 SPONSOR: BROUK TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the sale of cosmetic products containing trace amounts of mercury PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of chapter 754 of the laws of .2022 to make technical corrections and align the provisions with existing federal regulations. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 makes technical corrections. Section 2 limits the ban on mercury in cosmetics to the extent that it is regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Section 3 sets the effective date.
S1340 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1340 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROUK -- 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 the sale of cosmetic products containing trace amounts of mercury THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 37-0117 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 44 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 7. A manufacturer of a cosmetic product or personal care product, otherwise subject to the requirements OF SUBDIVISIONS THREE AND FOUR of this section, may apply to the department for a one-year waiver from such requirements for a specific cosmetic product or personal care prod- uct, and upon such proof that the manufacturer has taken steps to reduce the presence of 1,4-dioxane in that product and is unable to comply with the requirements OF SUBDIVISIONS THREE AND FOUR of this section. There- after, a manufacturer may apply for one additional one-year waiver for such product, upon its satisfaction of such similar proof. § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 37-0117 of the environmental conserva- tion law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the envi- ronmental conservation law relating to prohibiting cosmetic products and personal care products that contain mercury, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8291-A and A. 8630-A, is amended to read as follows: 8. No person shall sell or offer for sale any cosmetic product or personal care product containing mercury, OTHER THAN IN TRACE AMOUNTS IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN REGULATIONS. ANY SUCH TRACE AMOUNTS SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS OF TRACE AMOUNTS ALLOWED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AS (A) UNAVOIDABLE UNDER CONDITIONS OF GOOD MANUFAC- TURING PRACTICE, OR (B) NECESSARY FOR USE AS A PRESERVATIVE IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE AND SAFE NONMERCURIAL PRESERVATIVE SUBSTITUTE IN EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04313-01-3
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