Senate Bill S2740

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   2740
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to  the  purchase  of
   green cleaning and other custodial products
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This law shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "greening our cleaning act".
   §  2.  Statement  of  findings and purpose. The legislature finds that
 there are environmentally preferable alternatives to the  products  that
 we  commonly  use  for  routine  tasks, such as cleaning and maintaining
 interior building finishes. Such alternatives  are  most  beneficial  to
 those  who apply them and those who occupy buildings where such products
 are used. In addition to the federal government, a number of  state  and
 local jurisdictions have taken steps to purchase environmentally prefer-
 able or "green" cleaning products.
   The  legislature finds that the purchase and use of many such environ-
 mentally preferable cleaning alternatives will result in improved indoor
 air quality and enhanced environmental health.
   § 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section  169  to
 read as follows:
   §  169.  GREEN CLEANING PRODUCTS.   1. GENERAL DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN
 THIS SECTION:
   (A) "AIR FRESHENER" MEANS ANY PRODUCT INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 SPRAYS,  WICKS,  POWDERS,  BLOCKS,  GELS  AND CRYSTALS, DESIGNED FOR THE
 PURPOSE OF MASKING ODORS, OR FRESHENING, CLEANING, SCENTING OR DEODORIZ-
 ING THE AIR. THIS TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE PRODUCTS THAT ARE USED  ON  THE
 HUMAN  BODY,  PRODUCTS  THAT  FUNCTION PRIMARILY AS CLEANING PRODUCTS OR
 DISINFECTANT  PRODUCTS  CLAIMING  TO  DEODORIZE  BY  KILLING  GERMS   ON
 SURFACES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04391-01-3
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   (B)  "BATHROOM  CLEANER" MEANS ANY PRODUCT USED TO CLEAN HARD SURFACES
 IN A BATHROOM, SUCH AS COUNTERS, WALLS, FLOORS, FIXTURES,  BASINS,  TUBS
 AND TILE.  THIS TERM MAY INCLUDE PRODUCTS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE REGIS-
 TERED  UNDER  THE  FEDERAL  INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT,
 SUCH  AS  DISINFECTANTS  AND  SANITIZERS, BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE PRODUCTS
 SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO CLEAN TOILET BOWLS.
   (C) "CARPET CLEANER" MEANS ANY PRODUCT USED FOR THE  ROUTINE  CLEANING
 OF  CARPETS  AND  RUGS.  THIS TERM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
 PRODUCTS USED IN CLEANING BY MEANS OF EXTRACTION, SHAMPOOING, DRY  FOAM,
 BONNET  OR  ABSORBENT  COMPOUND, BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE PRODUCTS INTENDED
 PRIMARILY FOR SPOT REMOVAL OR ANY PRODUCTS  REQUIRED  TO  BE  REGISTERED
 UNDER  THE  FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT, SUCH AS
 THOSE MAKING CLAIMS AS STERILIZERS, DISINFECTANTS OR SANITIZERS.
   (D) "DEGREASER" MEANS ANY  PRODUCT  DESIGNED  TO  REMOVE  OR  DISSOLVE
 GREASE,  GRIME,  OIL  AND  OTHER OIL-BASED CONTAMINANTS FROM INTERIOR OR
 EXTERIOR BUILDING SURFACES.
   (E) "DISINFECTANT" MEANS ANY UNITED  STATES  ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION
 AGENCY-REGISTERED  AGENT THAT IS USED TO DESTROY OR IRREVERSIBLY INACTI-
 VATE INFECTIOUS FUNGI, VIRUSES AND BACTERIA, BUT NOT  NECESSARILY  THEIR
 SPORES.
   (F)  "FLOOR  FINISH"  MEANS ANY PRODUCT DESIGNED TO POLISH, PROTECT OR
 ENHANCE FLOOR SURFACES BY LEAVING A PROTECTIVE  WAX,  POLYMER  OR  RESIN
 COATING THAT IS DESIGNED TO BE PERIODICALLY REMOVED AND REAPPLIED.
   (G) "FLOOR STRIPPER" MEANS ANY PRODUCT DESIGNED TO REMOVE FLOOR FINISH
 THROUGH  BREAKDOWN OF THE FINISH POLYMERS, OR BY DISSOLVING OR EMULSIFY-
 ING THE FINISH, POLISH OR WAX. THIS TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE  GENERAL-PUR-
 POSE  CLEANERS  THAT  CAN  BE USED TO CLEAN FLOORS, FLOOR SEALERS, SPRAY
 BUFFING PRODUCTS OR PRODUCTS OR EQUIPMENT DESIGNED TO REMOVE  FLOOR  WAX
 SOLELY THROUGH ABRASION.
   (H)  "GENERAL-PURPOSE  CLEANER"  MEANS  ANY  PRODUCT  USED FOR ROUTINE
 CLEANING OF  HARD  SURFACES,  INCLUDING  IMPERVIOUS  FLOORING,  SUCH  AS
 CONCRETE  OR  TILE.    THIS  TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY CLEANER INTENDED
 PRIMARILY FOR THE REMOVAL OF RUST, MINERAL DEPOSITS OR ODORS; ANY  PROD-
 UCT  INTENDED  PRIMARILY  TO  STRIP,  POLISH  OR WAX FLOORS; ANY CLEANER
 INTENDED PRIMARILY FOR CLEANING TOILET BOWLS,  DISHES,  LAUNDRY,  GLASS,
 CARPETS,  UPHOLSTERY, WOOD OR POLISHED SURFACES; OR ANY PRODUCT REQUIRED
 TO BE REGISTERED UNDER THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND  RODENTI-
 CIDE  ACT,  SUCH AS THOSE MAKING CLAIMS AS STERILIZERS, DISINFECTANTS OR
 SANITIZERS.
   (I) "GLASS CLEANER" MEANS ANY PRODUCT USED TO CLEAN WINDOWS, GLASS AND
 POLISHED SURFACES. THIS TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY PRODUCT  REQUIRED  TO
 BE  REGISTERED UNDER THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE
 ACT, SUCH AS THOSE MAKING CLAIMS AS STERILIZERS, DISINFECTANTS OR  SANI-
 TIZERS.
   (J)  "METAL  CLEANER" MEANS ANY PRODUCT DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO IMPROVE,
 BY PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL ACTION, THE APPEARANCE OF FINISHED METAL, METAL-
 LIC, OR METALLIZED FURNITURE OR INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR BUILDING  SURFACES,
 INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO FITTINGS AND DECORATIVE ORNAMENTATION.
 THIS TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY PRODUCT  DESIGNED  PRIMARILY  TO  REMOVE
 GREASE, GRIME AND OIL.
   (K) "SANITIZER" MEANS ANY UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGEN-
 CY-REGISTERED  AGENT  THAT IS USED TO REDUCE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ELIMI-
 NATE MICROORGANISMS TO LEVELS CONSIDERED SAFE BY PUBLIC HEALTH CODES  OR
 REGULATIONS.
   2. BEGINNING APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, ALL STATE AGENCIES
 AND  AUTHORITIES  SHALL  PURCHASE  AND  USE  IN STATE OWNED AND OCCUPIED
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 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES ONLY AIR FRESHENER,  BATHROOM  CLEANER,  CARPET
 CLEANER,  DEGREASE, DISINFECTANT, FLOOR FINISH, FLOOR STRIPPER, GENERAL-
 PURPOSE CLEANER, GLASS CLEANER, METAL CLEANER, AND  SANITIZER  THAT  ARE
 INCLUDED  ON  THE LIST OF ENVIRONMENTALLY-SENSITIVE CLEANING AND MAINTE-
 NANCE PRODUCTS AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF GENER-
 AL SERVICES LIST PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE-B  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE.
   § 4. This act shall take effect April 1, 2024.