Assembly Bill A6561

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires labeling of ingredients on packages or boxes of diapers

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  • 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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2019-A6561 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-aaaa, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A3617
2023-2024: A43

2019-A6561 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a plain and conspicuous printed list of all ingredients with percentages of the components of diapers sold in the state; civil penalty of one thousand dollars per package or box on the manufacturer.

2019-A6561 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6561
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in  relation  to  labeling  of
   ingredients of diapers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-aaaa to read as follows:
   § 399-AAAA. DIAPER LABELING. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) "INGREDIENT" SHALL MEAN A SUBSTANCE PRESENT IN ANY QUANTITY  IN  A
 DIAPER;
   (B)  "DIAPER" SHALL MEAN A TYPE OF UNDERWEAR THAT ALLOWS THE WEARER TO
 DEFECATE OR URINATE WITHOUT  THE  USE  OF  A  TOILET,  BY  ABSORBING  OR
 CONTAINING  WASTE  PRODUCTS  TO PREVENT SOILING OF OUTER CLOTHING OR THE
 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT. THESE PRODUCTS MAY BE EITHER DISPOSABLE  OR  REUS-
 ABLE.
   2.  EACH  PACKAGE  OR  BOX CONTAINING DIAPERS SOLD IN THIS STATE SHALL
 CONTAIN A PLAIN AND CONSPICUOUS PRINTED LIST  OF  ALL  INGREDIENTS  WITH
 PERCENTAGES  OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE DIAPER.  SUCH LIST SHALL EITHER BE
 PRINTED ON THE PACKAGE OR AFFIXED THERETO.
   3. THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY
 OTHER  LABELING REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER PROVISION
 OF LAW.
   4. WHENEVER A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION HAS OCCURRED, A CIVIL  PENALTY
 OF  ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  PER  PACKAGE  OR BOX SHALL BE IMPOSED ON THE
 MANUFACTURER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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