Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to environmental conservation |
May 09, 2011 |
print number 4532a |
May 09, 2011 |
amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation |
Apr 11, 2011 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S4532
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2011-S4532 - Details
2011-S4532 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4532 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the distribution and use of paper containing bisphenol A for the recording of any business transaction PURPOSE: To expand the provisions of current NYS law to prohibit the distribution and use of paper containing bisphenol A for the recording of any business transaction SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The bill prohibits any person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation from distributing or using any paper containing BPA for the recording of any business or banking transaction. JUSTIFICATION: Recently, the NYS Governor signed legislation that would prohibit the use of BPA in child care products, including sippy cups, baby bottles and straws intended for use by a child under the age of three. BPA is an estrogen-mimicking endocrine disrupting chemical that has been found to be toxic at low doses and is linked to breast cancer, early onset of puberty, obesity ad prostate cancer. Very small amounts of
2011-S4532 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4532 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ALESI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the distribution and use of paper containing bisphenol A for the recording of any business transaction THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 37-0508 to read as follows: S 37-0508. TRANSACTION PAPER. NO PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR CORPORATION, INCLUDING BANKING ORGANIZATIONS, SHALL DISTRIBUTE OR USE ANY PAPER CONTAINING BISPHENOL A FOR THE RECORDING OF ANY BUSINESS OR BANKING TRANSACTION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RECEIPTS, CREDITS, WITHDRAWALS, DEPOSITS, AND CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD RECORDS. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10757-01-1
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2011-S4532A (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S4532A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4532A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to regulation of bisphenol A in business transaction paper PURPOSE OF THE BILL: To expand the provisions of current NYS law to prohibit the distribution and use of paper containing bisphenol A for the recording of any business transaction and to regulate chemical compounds that are used to replace BPA. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The bill prohibits any person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation from distributing or using any paper containing BPA for the recording of any business or banking transaction. Furthermore, receipt paper manufacturers shall not produce any paper containing bisphenol A nor replace bisphenol A with other chemical compound that has been scientifically established to be a known human carcinogen as classified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, a developmental toxin, an endocrine disruptor or a reproductive toxin. Paper manufacturers are required to use the least toxic alternative chemical compound to replace bisphenol A.
2011-S4532A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4532--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ALESI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to regu- lation of bisphenol A in business transaction paper THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 37-0508 to read as follows: S 37-0508. REGULATION OF BISPHENOL A IN BUSINESS TRANSACTION PAPER. 1. BISPHENOL A PROHIBITION IN BUSINESS TRANSACTION PAPER. NO PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR CORPO- RATION, INCLUDING BANKING ORGANIZATIONS, SHALL DISTRIBUTE OR USE ANY PAPER CONTAINING BISPHENOL A FOR THE RECORDING OF ANY BUSINESS OR BANK- ING TRANSACTION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RECEIPTS, CREDITS, WITH- DRAWALS, DEPOSITS, AND CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD RECORDS. 2. PAPER MANUFACTURER RESPONSIBILITIES. A. NO PAPER MANUFACTURER SHALL PRODUCE OR DISTRIBUTE ANY PAPER CONTAINING BISPHENOL A WHICH IS PROHIB- ITED TO BE USED OR DISTRIBUTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION. B. ANY PAPER MANUFACTURER THAT PRODUCES PAPER CONTAINING BISPHENOL A FOR THE PURPOSES REFERRED TO IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL: (1) NOT REPLACE BISPHENOL A WITH ANOTHER CHEMICAL COMPOUND THAT HAS BEEN SCIENTIFICALLY ESTABLISHED TO BE A KNOWN HUMAN CARCINOGEN AS CLAS- SIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, A DEVELOP- MENTAL TOXIN, AN ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR OR A REPRODUCTIVE TOXIN; (2) USE THE LEAST TOXIC ALTERNATIVE CHEMICAL COMPOUND TO REPLACE BISPHENOL A; (3) PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOUND USED TO REPLACE BISPHENOL A TO THE DEPARTMENT; AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10757-02-1
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