NY State Assembly Bill 2025-A7912B

Assembly Bill A7912B

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of children's products, mattresses and upholstered furniture containing fiberglass unless they contain a prominent label

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 28, 2025	reported referred to rules
May 13, 2025	print number 7912b
May 13, 2025	amend and recommit to codes
May 06, 2025	reported referred to codes
May 02, 2025	print number 7912a
May 02, 2025	amend (t) and recommit to consumer affairs and protection
Apr 11, 2025	referred to consumer affairs and protection

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2025-A7912 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S7821
Current Committee:: Assembly Rules
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §399-iii, Gen Bus L

2025-A7912 - Summary

Prohibits the sale of children's products, mattresses and upholstered furniture containing fiberglass unless they contain a prominent label; defines children's product; prohibits custom upholsterers from repairing or restoring any children's product, mattress or furniture with parts that contain fiberglass; provides remedies for violations.

2025-A7912 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7912
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
   sale  of  juvenile  products,  mattresses  and  upholstered  furniture
   containing fiberglass

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-iii to read as follows:
   §  399-III.  PROHIBIT  THE  SALE  OF JUVENILE PRODUCTS, MATTRESSES AND
 UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE CONTAINING FIBERGLASS. 1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION:
   (A)  "JUVENILE  PRODUCT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  PRODUCT  DESIGNED FOR USE BY
 INFANTS AND CHILDREN UNDER TWELVE  YEARS  OF  AGE,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  A  BABY OR TODDLER FOAM PILLOW, BASSINET, BEDSIDE SLEEPER,
 BOOSTER SEAT, CHANGING PAD, CHILD RESTRAINT  SYSTEM  FOR  USE  IN  MOTOR
 VEHICLES  AND  AIRCRAFT, CO-SLEEPER, CRIB MATTRESS, FLOOR PLAYMAT, HIGH-
 CHAIR, HIGHCHAIR PAD,  INFANT  BOUNCER,  INFANT  CARRIER,  INFANT  SEAT,
 INFANT SLEEP POSITIONER, INFANT SWING, INFANT TRAVEL BED, INFANT WALKER,
 NAP  COT,  NURSING  PAD,  NURSING  PILLOW,  PLAYMAT, PLAYPEN, PLAY YARD,
 POLYURETHANE FOAM MAT, PAD, OR PILLOW, PORTABLE FOAM NAP  MAT,  PORTABLE
 INFANT SLEEPER, PORTABLE HOOK-ON CHAIR, SOFT-SIDED PORTABLE CRIB, STROL-
 LER, OR TODDLER MATTRESS.
   (B) "JUVENILE PRODUCT" SHALL NOT INCLUDE:
   (I)  A CHILDREN'S ELECTRONIC PRODUCT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A
 PERSONAL COMPUTER,  AUDIO  AND  VIDEO  EQUIPMENT,  CALCULATOR,  WIRELESS
 PHONE,  GAME  CONSOLE,  HANDHELD DEVICE INCORPORATING A VIDEO SCREEN, OR
 ANY ASSOCIATED PERIPHERAL SUCH AS A MOUSE, KEYBOARD, POWER SUPPLY  UNIT,
 OR POWER CORD;
   (II) A MEDICAL DEVICE; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11364-02-5
 A. 7912                             2

 
   (III)  AN INTERNAL COMPONENT OF A JUVENILE PRODUCT THAT WOULD NOT COME
 INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITH A CHILD'S SKIN OR MOUTH DURING REASONABLY FORE-
 SEEABLE USE AND ABUSE OF THE PRODUCT.
   2.  NO  PERSON OR MANUFACTURER SHALL SELL OR DISTRIBUTE IN COMMERCE IN
 THIS STATE ANY NEW JUVENILE PRODUCT, MATTRESS, OR UPHOLSTERED  FURNITURE
 THAT CONTAINS, OR A CONSTITUENT COMPONENT OF WHICH CONTAINS, FIBERGLASS.
   3.  A  CUSTOM  UPHOLSTERER  SHALL  NOT  REPAIR,  REUPHOLSTER, RECOVER,
 RESTORE, OR RENEW ANY JUVENILE PRODUCT, MATTRESS, UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE,
 OR REUPHOLSTERED FURNITURE USING A REPLACEMENT COMPONENT THAT  CONTAINS,
 OR A CONSTITUENT COMPONENT OF WHICH CONTAINS, FIBERGLASS.
   §  2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026. Effective immediate-
 ly, 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 date.

2025-A7912A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S7821
Current Committee:: Assembly Rules
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §399-iii, Gen Bus L

2025-A7912A - Summary

2025-A7912A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7912--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Consumer  Affairs  and  Protection  --  committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
   sale  of  children's  products,  mattresses  and upholstered furniture
   containing fiberglass unless they contain a prominent label
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-iii to read as follows:
   § 399-III. LABELING OF CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, MATTRESSES AND UPHOLSTERED
 FURNITURE CONTAINING FIBERGLASS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "CHILDREN'S  PRODUCT"  SHALL MEAN A PRODUCT, OTHER THAN CLOTHING,
 PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR USE BY INFANTS AND CHILDREN UNDER TWELVE YEARS OF
 AGE.  THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING IF THE PRODUCT IS
 INTENDED FOR A CHILD UNDER TWELVE YEARS OF AGE:
   (I) A STATEMENT BY A MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE INTENDED USE OF  SUCH  TOY
 OR ARTICLE, INCLUDING A LABEL ON SUCH TOY OR ARTICLE;
   (II) THE CONTEXT AND MANNER OF THE ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, AND MARKET-
 ING ASSOCIATED WITH THE TOY OR ARTICLE; AND
   (III)  WHETHER  THE TOY OR ARTICLE IS COMMONLY RECOGNIZED BY CONSUMERS
 AS BEING INTENDED FOR USE BY A CHILD UNDER TWELVE YEARS OF AGE.
   (B) "CHILDREN'S PRODUCT" SHALL NOT INCLUDE:
   (I) A CHILDREN'S ELECTRONIC PRODUCT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  A
 PERSONAL  COMPUTER,  AUDIO  AND  VIDEO  EQUIPMENT,  CALCULATOR, WIRELESS
 PHONE, GAME CONSOLE, HANDHELD DEVICE INCORPORATING A  VIDEO  SCREEN,  OR
 ANY  ASSOCIATED PERIPHERAL SUCH AS A MOUSE, KEYBOARD, POWER SUPPLY UNIT,
 OR POWER CORD;
   (II) A MEDICAL DEVICE; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11364-05-5
 A. 7912--A                          2

 
   (III) AN INTERNAL COMPONENT OF A CHILDREN'S  PRODUCT  THAT  WOULD  NOT
 COME  INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITH A CHILD'S SKIN OR MOUTH DURING REASONABLY
 FORESEEABLE USE AND ABUSE OF THE PRODUCT.
   2.  NO PERSON OR MANUFACTURER SHALL SELL, OFFER FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTE
 IN THIS STATE ANY  NEW  CHILDREN'S  PRODUCT,  MATTRESS,  OR  UPHOLSTERED
 FURNITURE  THAT  CONTAINS, OR A CONSTITUENT COMPONENT OF WHICH CONTAINS,
 FIBERGLASS, UNLESS IT  CONTAINS  A  PROMINENT  PERMANENT  LABEL    WHICH
 INFORMS  THE  CONSUMER  THAT  THE  PRODUCT  SHOULD  BE HANDLED WITH CARE
 BECAUSE IT CONTAINS FIBERGLASS  WHICH CAN BE HARMFUL TO THE CONSUMER  IF
 INGESTED,  INHALED,  OR  EXPOSED  TO  SKIN.  SUCH LABEL MUST BE SECURELY
 ATTACHED TO THE PRODUCT OR PACKAGING IN A MANNER THAT IT MAY BE SEEN  BY
 CONSUMERS PRIOR TO AND THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PRODUCT'S USE.
   3.  A  CUSTOM  UPHOLSTERER  SHALL  NOT  REPAIR,  REUPHOLSTER, RECOVER,
 RESTORE, OR RENEW ANY CHILDREN'S PRODUCT, MATTRESS,  UPHOLSTERED  FURNI-
 TURE,  OR  REUPHOLSTERED  FURNITURE  USING  A REPLACEMENT COMPONENT THAT
 CONTAINS, OR A CONSTITUENT COMPONENT OF WHICH CONTAINS, FIBERGLASS.
   4. A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL  BE  PUNISHABLE
 BY  A  CIVIL  PENALTY  NOT  TO  EXCEED  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  FOR EACH
 VIOLATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026. Effective  immediate-
 ly,  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 date.

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2025-A7912B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S7821
Current Committee:: Assembly Rules
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §399-iii, Gen Bus L

2025-A7912B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-A7912B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7912--B
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Consumer  Affairs  and  Protection  --  committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee  --  reported  and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
   sale of children's  products,  mattresses  and  upholstered  furniture
   containing fiberglass unless they contain a prominent label
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-iii to read as follows:
   § 399-III. LABELING OF CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, MATTRESSES AND UPHOLSTERED
 FURNITURE CONTAINING FIBERGLASS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) "CHILDREN'S PRODUCT" SHALL MEAN A PRODUCT,  OTHER  THAN  CLOTHING,
 PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR USE BY INFANTS AND CHILDREN UNDER TWELVE YEARS OF
 AGE.  THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING IF THE PRODUCT IS
 INTENDED FOR A CHILD UNDER TWELVE YEARS OF AGE:
   (I)  A  STATEMENT BY A MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE INTENDED USE OF SUCH TOY
 OR ARTICLE, INCLUDING A LABEL ON SUCH TOY OR ARTICLE;
   (II) THE CONTEXT AND MANNER OF THE ADVERTISING, PROMOTION, AND MARKET-
 ING ASSOCIATED WITH THE TOY OR ARTICLE; AND
   (III) WHETHER THE TOY OR ARTICLE IS COMMONLY RECOGNIZED  BY  CONSUMERS
 AS BEING INTENDED FOR USE BY A CHILD UNDER TWELVE YEARS OF AGE.
   (B) "CHILDREN'S PRODUCT" SHALL NOT INCLUDE:
   (I)  A CHILDREN'S ELECTRONIC PRODUCT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A
 PERSONAL COMPUTER,  AUDIO  AND  VIDEO  EQUIPMENT,  CALCULATOR,  WIRELESS
 PHONE,  GAME  CONSOLE,  HANDHELD DEVICE INCORPORATING A VIDEO SCREEN, OR
 ANY ASSOCIATED PERIPHERAL SUCH AS A MOUSE, KEYBOARD, POWER SUPPLY  UNIT,
 OR POWER CORD;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11364-07-5

 A. 7912--B                          2
 
   (II) A MEDICAL DEVICE; OR
   (III)  AN  INTERNAL  COMPONENT  OF A CHILDREN'S PRODUCT THAT WOULD NOT
 COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITH A CHILD'S SKIN OR MOUTH DURING  REASONABLY
 FORESEEABLE USE AND ABUSE OF THE PRODUCT.
   2.  NO  MANUFACTURER  SHALL SELL, OFFER FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTE IN THIS
 STATE ANY NEW CHILDREN'S PRODUCT,  MATTRESS,  OR  UPHOLSTERED  FURNITURE
 THAT CONTAINS, OR A CONSTITUENT COMPONENT OF WHICH CONTAINS, FIBERGLASS,
 UNLESS  IT  CONTAINS  A  PROMINENT  PERMANENT  LABEL   WHICH INFORMS THE
 CONSUMER THAT THE  PRODUCT  SHOULD  BE  HANDLED  WITH  CARE  BECAUSE  IT
 CONTAINS  FIBERGLASS   WHICH CAN BE HARMFUL TO THE CONSUMER IF INGESTED,
 INHALED, OR EXPOSED TO SKIN. SUCH LABEL MUST BE SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE
 PRODUCT OR PACKAGING IN A MANNER THAT IT MAY BE SEEN BY CONSUMERS  PRIOR
 TO AND THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PRODUCT'S USE.
   3.  A  CUSTOM  UPHOLSTERER  SHALL  NOT  REPAIR,  REUPHOLSTER, RECOVER,
 RESTORE, OR RENEW ANY CHILDREN'S PRODUCT, MATTRESS,  UPHOLSTERED  FURNI-
 TURE,  OR  REUPHOLSTERED  FURNITURE  USING  A REPLACEMENT COMPONENT THAT
 CONTAINS, OR A CONSTITUENT COMPONENT OF WHICH CONTAINS, FIBERGLASS.
   4. A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL  BE  PUNISHABLE
 BY  A  CIVIL  PENALTY  NOT  TO  EXCEED  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  FOR EACH
 VIOLATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026. Effective  immediate-
 ly,  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 date.

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