BILL NO A01755
SAME AS No same as
SPONSOR Englebright (MS)
COSPNSR Colton, Ortiz, Benedetto, Dinowitz, Jacobs, Clark, Lavine, Rosenthal
MLTSPNSR Cahill, Curran, Gabryszak, Gottfried, Lupardo, Millman,
Peoples-Stokes, Perry, Robinson, Sweeney, Weinstein, Weisenberg
Add SS1371-a & 1371-b, Pub Health L
Requires the department of health to monitor the lead levels in candy and to
prohibit the sale or distribution of candy with lead in it; prohibits the
manufacture, distribution, sale and offering for sale of soft vinyl lunch boxes
and infant and children's bibs containing more than 600 parts per million of
lead; imposes a $1,000 fine for each violation relating to soft vinyl lunch
boxes and infant and children's bibs; directs the department of health to
conduct an extensive public information program on lead in candy, soft vinyl
lunch boxes and infant and children's bibs.
