Assembly Bill A3455

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the department of health to study on the long-term safety of tattoo ink and issue a report making recommendations for tattoo ink labeling

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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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2023-A3455 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9111

2023-A3455 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of health to study the long-term safety of tattoo ink and issue a report making recommendations for tattoo ink labeling.

2023-A3455 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3455
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT directing the department of health to study the long-term  safety
   of tattoo ink and issue a report making recommendations for tattoo ink
   labeling; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
   tion thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The department of health shall conduct a study on the long-
 term safety of tattoo ink.  Such study shall include, but not be limited
 to:
   (a) ingredients in various types of  tattoo  inks  and  the  long-term
 health risks and potential side effects of exposure to such ingredients;
 and
   (b)  long-term health risks and potential side effects of tattoos made
 with various types of tattoo ink.
   § 2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act,  the
 department  of  health  shall  deliver  a report which shall include any
 findings and analysis from the study conducted pursuant to  section  one
 of  this act to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and
 the speaker of the assembly. Such report shall also include  recommenda-
 tions  for  the  labeling  of tattoo inks and recommendations on changes
 which should be made to any laws, rules or regulations as  a  result  of
 such study.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed two years after it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03068-01-3

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