Assembly Bill A2981

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires lithium batteries of less than one inch in diameter and products containing such batteries to be labeled with warnings related thereto

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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-A2981 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1106
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §490-c, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9959, S7230
2017-2018: A5226, A7699, S2085
2019-2020: A1492, S2533
2021-2022: A948, S3155

2023-A2981 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires lithium batteries of less than 1 inch in diameter and products containing such batteries to be labeled with warnings that swallowing such batteries has been known to cause death.

2023-A2981 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2981
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PHEFFER AMATO, DINOWITZ, BRAUNSTEIN, FAHY --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to  the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring warn-
   ings  on  certain  lithium  batteries  and  products  containing  such
   batteries

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  490-c  of the general business law is amended by
 adding two new subdivisions 3 and 4 to read as follows:
   3. ALL PRODUCTS SOLD IN THIS STATE WHICH UTILIZE LITHIUM BATTERIES  OF
 LESS  THAN  ONE  INCH IN DIAMETER AS A SOURCE OF POWER SHALL BE PACKAGED
 WITH LANGUAGE WHICH READS AS FOLLOWS:
   "WARNING: THIS PRODUCT IS POWERED BY A LITHIUM BATTERY. DUE  TO  THEIR
 SMALL  SIZE,  LITHIUM  BATTERIES  CAN  EASILY  BE SWALLOWED BY CHILDREN.
 INGESTION OF SUCH BATTERIES HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE DEATH."
   4. ALL LITHIUM BATTERIES OF LESS THAN ONE INCH  IN  DIAMETER  SOLD  IN
 THIS  STATE,  OR USED IN PRODUCTS SOLD IN THIS STATE, SHALL HAVE PRINTED
 UPON THEM THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE:
   "WARNING: THIS IS A LITHIUM BATTERY WHICH IF SWALLOWED HAS BEEN  KNOWN
 TO CAUSE DEATH."
   §  2.  The  department  of health shall promulgate any rules and regu-
 lations necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03353-01-3

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