Senate Bill S7944

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the sale of child care products containing bisphenol

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S7944 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9997
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 37 Title 5 Head, §§37-0501, 37-0505, 37-0507 & 37-0509, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S3056, A3591

2017-S7944 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting the sale of child care products containing bisphenol; establishes that beginning on December 31, 2019 no person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation shall sell or offer for sale any child care product intended for use by a child three years of age or younger containing bisphenol AF (BPAF), bisphenol Z (BPZ), bisphenol S (BPS), bisphenol F (BPF), bisphenol AP (BPAP) and bisphenol B (BPB).

2017-S7944 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7944 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7944
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 12, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- 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 sale of child care products containing bisphenol
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The title heading of title 5 of article 37 of the  environ-
 mental conservation law, as added by chapter 280 of the laws of 2010, is
 amended to read as follows:
                               BISPHENOL [A]
   §  2.  Section 37-0501 of the environmental conservation law, as added
 by chapter 280 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 § 37-0501. Short title.
   This title shall be known and may be cited as the "bisphenol  [A-free]
 FREE children and babies act".
   §  3.  Section 37-0505 of the environmental conservation law, as added
 by chapter 280 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 § 37-0505. Child care products.
   1. (A) Beginning December first, two thousand ten,  no  person,  firm,
 partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation shall
 sell  or  offer  for  sale  any child care product intended for use by a
 child three years of age or younger containing bisphenol A.
   (B) BEGINNING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, NO PERSON,
 FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR CORPORATION
 SHALL SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE ANY CHILD CARE PRODUCT INTENDED FOR USE  BY
 A  CHILD  THREE  YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER CONTAINING BISPHENOL AF (BPAF),
 BISPHENOL Z (BPZ), BISPHENOL S (BPS), BISPHENOL F  (BPF),  BISPHENOL  AP
 (BPAP) AND BISPHENOL B (BPB).
   2.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall not apply to the sale or
 distribution of child care products resold or  offered  for  resale,  or
 distributed by consumers for consumer use.
   §  4.  Section 37-0507 of the environmental conservation law, as added
 by chapter 280 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 § 37-0507. Product labeling.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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