Assembly Bill A4542

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and use of cookware containing polytetrafluoroethylene

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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-A4542 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1767
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 37 Title 12 §§37-1201 - 37-1204, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A9475, S9143

2025-A4542 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and use of cookware containing polytetrafluoroethylene.

2025-A4542 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4542
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting  the  manufacture,  sale,  and  use of cookware containing
   polytetrafluoroethylene

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 37 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new title 12 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 12
                     POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE COOKWARE
 SECTION 37-1201. DEFINITIONS.
         37-1202. PROHIBITION  ON  MANUFACTURE, SALE, AND USE OF COOKWARE
                    CONTAINING POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE.
         37-1203. PREEMPTION.
         37-1204. RULES AND REGULATIONS.
 § 37-1201. DEFINITIONS.
   FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE:
   1. "COOKWARE" SHALL MEAN SUPPLIES USED FOR COOKING THAT INTERACT  WITH
 FOOD,  INCLUDING THOSE SUPPLIES USED FOR PREPARING, SERVING, AND STORING
 FOOD. "COOKWARE" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO, POTS, PANS,
 SKILLETS, GRILLS, COOKING UTENSILS, AND COOKING APPLIANCES.
   2. "POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE" SHALL MEAN THE COMPOUND USED AS A COATING
 IN NON-STICK COOKWARE. "POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE" MAY ALSO  BE  KNOWN  AS
 "PTFE".
 § 37-1202. PROHIBITION   ON  MANUFACTURE,  SALE,  AND  USE  OF  COOKWARE
              CONTAINING POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE.
   ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, NO  PERSON  SHALL
 MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTE, SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE, OR USE IN THE STATE ANY
 COOKWARE CONTAINING POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE.
 § 37-1203. PREEMPTION.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05334-01-5

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