Senate Bill S5730

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale and distribution of mercury-added lamps; repealer

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Current 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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2023-S5730 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7337
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-2107, rpld §27-2107 sub 11, En Con L

2023-S5730 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale and distribution of mercury-added lamps on and after January 1, 2026.

2023-S5730 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5730 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5730
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- 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 and distribution of mercury-added lamps; and to
   repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  27-2107 of the environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
   13. ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-SIX,  NO  PERSON
 SHALL SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, OR DISTRIBUTE MERCURY-ADDED LAMPS.
   §  2. Subdivision 11 of section 27-2107 of the environmental conserva-
 tion law is REPEALED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 section two of this act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10219-02-3

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