STATE OF NEW YORK
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8363--A
Cal. No. 440
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
October 20, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, ABINANTI, EPSTEIN, FAHY, FERNANDEZ,
GALEF, GOTTFRIED, GRIFFIN, KELLES, LUNSFORD, McDONALD, SIMON, THIELE,
ZINERMAN, L. ROSENTHAL, BURDICK, GLICK, COLTON -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted
to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with
Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- reported from committee, advanced to a
third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on
the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting the sale or offer for sale of any cosmetic product or
personal care product containing PFAS substances
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The section heading of section 37-0117 of the environmental
2 conservation law, as amended by chapter 44 of the laws of 2020, is
3 amended and a new subdivision 8 is added to read as follows:
4 Prohibition of cosmetic products and personal care products containing
5 1,4-dioxane or PFAS substances.
6 8. No person shall sell or offer for sale any cosmetic product or
7 personal care product containing intentionally added PFAS substances.
8 For the purposes of this subdivision, "PFAS substances" shall mean a
9 class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully
10 fluorinated carbon atom and "intentionally added" shall have the same
11 meaning as "intentionally added chemical" in subdivision eleven of
12 section 37-0901 of this article.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect June 1, 2023; provided, however, that
14 if chapter 613 of the laws of 2019 shall not have taken effect on or
15 before such date then section one of this act shall take effect on the
16 same date and in the same manner as such chapter of the laws of 2019
17 takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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