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Assembly Bill A7875

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the "no toxics tent act"

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2025-A7875 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9704
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §500, Gen Bus L

2025-A7875 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of portable temporary shelters for the purposes of prohibitions on the manufacture or sale of products containing highly flammable materials.

2025-A7875 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7875
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GALLAGHER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  enacting  the
   "no toxics tent act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "no  toxics
 tent act".
   §  2.  Subdivision  3-a of section 500 of the general business law, as
 added by chapter 318 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
   3-a. "Portable temporary shelter"  shall  include  but  shall  not  be
 limited  to[,]  any  type  of  tent[, fold-out or pop-up camping or tent
 trailer, recreational vehicle awning  or  add-on  room  or  shelter,  or
 screen  house]  made  in whole, or in part of fabric or related material
 AND DEFINED AS A PLACE OF ASSEMBLAGE IN OR UNDER WHICH FIFTEEN  OR  MORE
 PERSONS  MAY  GATHER. THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO TENTS DESIGNED
 OR MANUFACTURED FOR CHILDREN'S PLAY, CAMPING, BACKPACKING,  OR  MOUNTAI-
 NEERING,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  TENTS  ARE  CONSTRUCTED WITH FABRIC MADE
 ENTIRELY FROM SYNTHETIC FIBERS.
   § 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11284-02-5

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