S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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Cal. No. 1376
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 11, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
-- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting the sale and distribution of certain mercury-added lamps
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 27-2101 of the environmental conservation law is
amended by adding two new subdivisions 35 and 36 to read as follows:
35. "COMPACT FLUORESCENT MERCURY-ADDED LAMP" MEANS A COMPACT, LOW-
PRESSURE, MERCURY-CONTAINING, ELECTRIC-DISCHARGE LIGHT SOURCE, WHETHER
INTEGRALLY BALLASTED OR NON-INTEGRALLY BALLASTED AND REGARDLESS OF THE
TUBE DIAMETER OR LENGTH AND THE SHAPE OR SIZE OF THE LAMP, IN WHICH A
FLUORESCENT COATING TRANSFORMS A PORTION OF THE ULTRAVIOLET ENERGY
GENERATED BY THE MERCURY DISCHARGE INTO VISIBLE LIGHT AND THAT:
(A) HAS A SINGLE BASE OR END CAP OF ANY TYPE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, A SCREW BASE TYPE, A BAYONET BASE TYPE OR A TWO-PIN OR FOUR-
PIN BASE TYPE; AND
(B) PROVIDES A LIGHT EMISSION BETWEEN A CORRELATED COLOR TEMPERATURE
OF SEVENTEEN HUNDRED KELVIN AND TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND KELVIN AND A DUV OF
+0.024 AND -0.024 IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON ILLUMINATION (CIE)
UNIFORM COLOR SPACE (CAM02-UCS).
36. "LINEAR FLUORESCENT MERCURY-ADDED LAMP" MEANS A LOW-PRESSURE,
MERCURY-CONTAINING, ELECTRIC-DISCHARGE LIGHT SOURCE, REGARDLESS OF THE
TUBE DIAMETER AND THE SHAPE OF THE LAMP, IN WHICH A FLUORESCENT COATING
TRANSFORMS A PORTION OF THE ULTRAVIOLET ENERGY GENERATED BY THE MERCURY
DISCHARGE INTO VISIBLE LIGHT AND THAT:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(A) HAS TWO BASES OR END CAPS OF ANY TYPE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, A ONE-PIN OR TWO-PIN BASE TYPE AND A RECESSED DOUBLE CONTACT BASE
TYPE;
(B) PROVIDES A LIGHT EMISSION BETWEEN A CORRELATED COLOR TEMPERATURE
OF SEVENTEEN HUNDRED KELVIN AND TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND KELVIN AND A DUV OF
+0.024 AND -0.024 IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON ILLUMINATION (CIE)
UNIFORM COLOR SPACE (CAM02-UCS); AND
(C) HAS A TUBE LENGTH OF 0.5 FEET TO EIGHT FEET.
§ 2. Section 27-2107 of the environmental conservation law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
13. (A) ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, NO
PERSON SHALL SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, OR DISTRIBUTE A COMPACT FLUORESCENT
MERCURY-ADDED LAMP OR A LINEAR FLUORESCENT MERCURY-ADDED LAMP, EXCEPT
THAT EXISTING STOCK ACQUIRED PRIOR TO SUCH DATE MAY BE EXHAUSTED UNTIL
JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT.
(B) THE PROHIBITIONS IN THIS SUBDIVISION DO NOT APPLY TO:
(I) A LAMP DESIGNED AND MARKETED EXCLUSIVELY FOR IMAGE CAPTURE AND
PROJECTION, INCLUDING: PHOTOCOPYING; PRINTING, DIRECTLY OR IN PREPROC-
ESSING; LITHOGRAPHY; FILM OR VIDEO PROJECTION; OR HOLOGRAPHY;
(II) A LAMP THAT HAS A HIGH PROPORTION OF ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMISSION
AND IS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
(1) A LAMP WITH HIGH ULTRAVIOLET CONTENT THAT HAS ULTRAVIOLET POWER
GREATER THAN TWO MILLIWATTS PER KILOLUMEN;
(2) A LAMP FOR GERMICIDAL USE, SUCH AS THE DESTRUCTION OF DNA, THAT
EMITS A PEAK RADIATION OF APPROXIMATELY 253.7 NANOMETERS;
(3) A LAMP DESIGNED AND MARKETED EXCLUSIVELY FOR DISINFECTION OR FLY
TRAPPING FROM WHICH EITHER THE RADIATION POWER EMITTED BETWEEN TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY AND THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN NANOMETERS REPRESENTS AT LEAST
FIVE PERCENT OF, OR THE RADIATION POWER EMITTED BETWEEN THREE HUNDRED
FIFTEEN AND FOUR HUNDRED NANOMETERS REPRESENTS AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT
OF, THE TOTAL RADIATION POWER EMITTED BETWEEN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY AND
EIGHT HUNDRED NANOMETERS;
(4) A LAMP DESIGNED AND MARKETED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE GENERATION OF
OZONE WHERE THE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO EMIT RADIATION AT APPROXIMATELY
185.1 NANOMETERS;
(5) A LAMP DESIGNED AND MARKETED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CORAL ZOOXANTHELLAE
SYMBIOSIS FROM WHICH THE RADIATION POWER EMITTED BETWEEN FOUR HUNDRED
AND FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY NANOMETERS REPRESENTS AT LEAST FORTY PERCENT OF
THE TOTAL RADIATION POWER EMITTED BETWEEN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY AND EIGHT
HUNDRED NANOMETERS; AND
(6) A LAMP DESIGNED AND MARKETED EXCLUSIVELY FOR USE IN A SUNLAMP
PRODUCT, AS DEFINED IN 21 CFR 1040.20(B)(9);
(III) A LAMP DESIGNED AND MARKETED EXCLUSIVELY FOR USE IN MEDICAL OR
VETERINARY DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT OR IN A MEDICAL DEVICE;
(IV) A LAMP DESIGNED AND MARKETED EXCLUSIVELY FOR USE IN THE MANUFAC-
TURING OR QUALITY CONTROL OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS;
(V) A LAMP DESIGNED AND MARKETED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SPECTROSCOPY AND
PHOTOMETRIC APPLICATIONS, SUCH AS UV-VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY, MOLECULAR
SPECTROSCOPY, ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY, NONDISPERSIVE INFRARED
SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY, MEDICAL ANALYSIS,
ELLIPSOMETRY, LAYER THICKNESS MEASUREMENT, PROCESS MONITORING, OR ENVI-
RONMENTAL MONITORING;
(VI) A LAMP USED BY ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS EXCLUSIVELY FOR
CONDUCTING RESEARCH PROJECTS AND EXPERIMENTS; OR
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(VII) A COMPACT FLUORESCENT MERCURY-ADDED LAMP USED TO REPLACE A LAMP
IN A MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURED ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
