Assembly Bill A10510

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the recall of class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A10510 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7136
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §391-u, Gen Bus L

2023-A10510 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a manufacturer that produced, sold, or distributed a class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS to recall all of the product within two years.

2023-A10510 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10510
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 29, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Steck) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the  recall  of
   class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4  of  section  391-u  of  the
 general  business  law,  as  added by chapter 88 of the laws of 2020, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) A manufacturer that [produces, sells, or distributes] AT ANY  TIME
 PRODUCED,  SOLD,  OR DISTRIBUTED a class B firefighting foam [prohibited
 under subdivision three of this  section]  THAT  CONTAINS  INTENTIONALLY
 ADDED  PFAS  shall  recall  ALL OF the product, [which includes] SOLD OR
 OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO OR AFTER MARCH TWENTY-SECOND,  TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-TWO.  THIS  SHALL  ENTAIL collection, transport, treatment,
 storage and safe disposal, WITHIN TWO  YEARS  after  the  implementation
 date  of the restrictions set forth in subdivision three of this section
 and reimburse the retailer or any other purchaser for the product.
   § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11542-01-3

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