Assembly Bill A1635

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale or offer for sale of any cosmetic product or personal care product containing PFAS substances

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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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2025-A1635 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §37-0117, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8363
2023-2024: A4600

2025-A1635 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale or offer for sale of any cosmetic product or personal care product containing PFAS substances.

2025-A1635 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1635
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, EACHUS, ROZIC -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   prohibiting the sale or offer for sale  of  any  cosmetic  product  or
   personal care product containing PFAS substances

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading of section 37-0117 of the environmental
 conservation law, as amended by chapter 754 of  the  laws  of  2022,  is
 amended and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   Prohibition of cosmetic products and personal care products containing
 1,4-dioxane [or], mercury, OR PFAS SUBSTANCES.
   9.  NO  PERSON  SHALL  SELL  OR OFFER FOR SALE ANY COSMETIC PRODUCT OR
 PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT CONTAINING INTENTIONALLY  ADDED  PFAS  SUBSTANCES.
 FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, "PFAS SUBSTANCES" SHALL MEAN A
 CLASS OF FLUORINATED ORGANIC CHEMICALS CONTAINING  AT  LEAST  ONE  FULLY
 FLUORINATED  CARBON  ATOM  AND "INTENTIONALLY ADDED" SHALL HAVE THE SAME
 MEANING AS "INTENTIONALLY  ADDED  CHEMICAL"  IN  SUBDIVISION  ELEVEN  OF
 SECTION 37-0901 OF  THIS  ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect June 1, 2026.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04173-01-5

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