Prohibits manufacturers from importing and selling certain household cleaning products that use animal testing, if the animal testing was conducted on or after January first, two thousand twenty-eight.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN ASSEMBLY
July 29, 2026
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rosenthal)
-- 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
importation and sale of certain household cleaning products using
animal testing
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 399-bbbb to read as follows:
3 § 399-bbbb. Selling of animal tested household cleaning products. 1.
4 For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
5 ing meanings:
6 (a) "Animal testing" means a process or procedure that uses a live,
7 nonhuman vertebrate or cephalopod to obtain information on the charac-
8 teristics of a household cleaning product or an ingredient thereof and
9 that generates information regarding the ability of a household cleaning
10 product or ingredient to produce a specific biological effect under
11 specified conditions.
12 (b) "Household cleaning product" means a product manufactured from
13 chemicals that is designed to clean or provide protection to household
14 surfaces or furniture, including, without limitation, task-specific
15 cleaning products, including but not limited to spot removers, stain
16 removers, upholstery cleaners, glass cleaners, dish soap, and laundry
17 detergent. "Household cleaning product" shall not include a product
18 regulated by, or evaluated under, the United States environmental
19 protection agency under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenti-
20 cide Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136 et seq.).
21 (c) "Ingredient" means a single chemical entity or mixture that is
22 intentionally used as a component in the manufacture of a household
23 cleaning product. "Ingredient" shall not include a component subject to
24 regulation under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
25 (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136 et seq.).
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (d) "Manufacturer" means a person or entity who imports, produces, or
2 manufactures a household cleaning product and whose name appears on the
3 label of the household cleaning product.
4 (e) "Nonanimal testing method" means a process or procedure that does
5 not use a live, nonhuman vertebrate or cephalopod to obtain information
6 on the characteristics of a household cleaning product or an ingredient
7 thereof and that generates information regarding the ability of a house-
8 hold cleaning product or ingredient to produce a specific biological
9 effect under specified conditions.
10 (f) "Supplier" means an entity that provides ingredients directly to a
11 manufacturer for the formulation of a household cleaning product.
12 2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a manufacturer shall
13 not import for profit, sell, or offer for sale in the state of New York
14 a household cleaning product that such manufacturer knew or reasonably
15 should have known that animal testing was conducted or contracted by or
16 on behalf of the manufacturer or any supplier of the manufacturer, if
17 the animal testing was conducted on or after January first, two thousand
18 twenty-eight.
19 3. The prohibition in subdivision two of this section shall not apply
20 to any of the following:
21 (a) Animal testing or data derived therefrom, that is conducted to
22 comply with a federal or state law, including, without limitation,
23 requirements of the federal Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. Sec.
24 2601 et seq.) or guidelines issued pursuant to the federal Toxic
25 Substances Control Act;
26 (b) Animal testing or data derived therefrom, that is conducted
27 because no appropriate nonanimal testing methods exist, or the existing
28 nonanimal testing methods cannot be reasonably conducted to meet federal
29 or state testing requirements;
30 (c) Animal testing or data derived therefrom, that is conducted to
31 comply with a requirement, notification, or registration of a regulatory
32 agency of a foreign jurisdiction;
33 (d) A household cleaning product or ingredient in a household cleaning
34 product if animal testing was conducted for the household cleaning prod-
35 uct or ingredient before January first, two thousand twenty-eight, even
36 if the household cleaning product in its final form or ingredient was
37 manufactured on or after such date; or
38 (e) Data from animal testing of an ingredient that is a commodity
39 produced in large quantities and is used as a raw material for end uses
40 outside of cleaning products, so long as the animal testing on the
41 ingredient was not conducted predominately for the purpose of assessing
42 the use of the ingredient in a household cleaning product.
43 4. This section shall not be construed to prevent a manufacturer or
44 supplier from reviewing, assessing, or retaining existing data from
45 animal testing, including without limitation, data sourced from a
46 consortia or nonprofit organization.
47 5. (a) A violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of
48 five thousand dollars and an additional one thousand dollars for each
49 day the violation continues.
50 (b) A violation of this section may be enforced by the district attor-
51 ney of the county where the violation occurred, or by the city attorney
52 of the city where the violation occurred. The civil fine shall be paid
53 to the entity that is authorized to bring the action.
54 6. (a) A district attorney or city attorney may, upon a determination
55 that there is a reasonable likelihood of a violation of this section,
56 review the testing data that a manufacturer has relied upon in the
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1 development or manufacturing of the relevant household cleaning product
2 sold in the state of New York. Information provided under this section
3 shall be protected as a trade secret.
4 (b) A district attorney or city attorney shall enter a protective
5 order with a manufacturer before receipt of information from a manufac-
6 turer pursuant to this section and shall take other appropriate measures
7 necessary to preserve the confidentiality of information provided pursu-
8 ant to this section.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
10 it shall have become a law.
