Assembly Bill A8634

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes maximum contaminant levels and a hazard index in drinking water for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A8634 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3207
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1112, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9661

2025-A8634 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes maximum contaminant levels in drinking water for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); sets such levels at no higher than 4 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and no higher than 10 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), and hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA).

2025-A8634 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8634
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing maxi-
   mum  contaminant  levels  and  a  hazard  index  in drinking water for
   certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 1112 of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 12-a to read as follows:
   12-A. A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT  LEVEL
 OF:
   (I)  NO  HIGHER  THAN  4  PARTS PER TRILLION (PPT) FOR PERFLUOROOCTANE
 SULFONIC ACID (PFOS) AND PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID (PFOA); AND
   (II) NO HIGHER THAN 10 PARTS PER TRILLION (PPT) FOR  PERFLUORONONANOIC
 ACID  (PFNA), PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE (PFHXS), AND HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE
 OXIDE DIMER ACID (HFPO-DA).
   B. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A HAZARD INDEX TO ADDRESS  CUMULA-
 TIVE  EXPOSURE  TO  MULTIPLE  PER-  AND  POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES. THE
 HAZARD INDEX SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO PERFLUORONONANOIC  ACID
 (PFNA),  PERFLUOROHEXANE  SULFONATE  (PFHXS),  HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE OXIDE
 DIMER ACID (HFPO-DA), AND PERFLUOROBUTANE SULFONATE (PFBS).
   C. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE THAT  PUBLIC  WATER  SYSTEMS  COMPLY
 WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS AND HAZARD INDEX
 REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION BY MAY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE.
   §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law. Effective immediately, 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
 effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06979-03-5

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