NY State Senate Bill 2025-S1767

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

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Jan 13, 2025	referred to environmental conservation

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2025-S1767 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4542
Current Committee:: Senate 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:: S9143, A9475

2025-S1767 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-S1767 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1767

SPONSOR: FERNANDEZ
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and use of cookware containing poly-
tetrafluoroethylene

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the manufacture, sale and use of
cookware containing polytetrafluoroethylene (teflon).

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISION:

Section 1: Gives the definitions of cookware and polytetrafluoroethy-
lene, as used in the title and describes the rules, regulations of the
prohibition and when it will take place.

Section 2: This act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The use of teflon has been a health concern for the past few decades due
to its previous use of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in its nonstick
coating. Although the use of PFOA in teflon was phased out by 2015 by
major manufacturers, the GenX chemical, hexafluoropropylene (HFPO),
which is typically used to replace PFOA, has been proven to possibly be
just as or even more dangerous than the chemical it was meant to
replace. Both PFOA and HFPO are within the family of polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) which are known to have severe health effects such as
harm to reproductive and bodily functions, developmental effects in
youth, increased cancer risk and increased risk for high cholesterol and
obesity. According to the EPA, Animal studies have shown HFPOs to cause
negative effects to the liver, kidneys, immune system and offspring
development. Although research on GenX chemicals is still lacking in
many areas, we should not leave people vulnerable to the potential nega-
tive health effects.  This bill would ban the manufacture, sale and use
of cookware containing polytetrafluoroethylene in order to protect the
health of New Yorkers.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023-2024: S9143 / A9475

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

TBD.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect, immediately.

2025-S1767 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1767
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. FERNANDEZ, FELDER -- 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  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.

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

 S. 1767                             2
 
 § 37-1203. PREEMPTION.
   JURISDICTION  IN  ALL  MATTERS  PERTAINING  TO POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE
 COOKWARE WHICH IS REGULATED PURSUANT TO THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  TITLE
 SHALL BE VESTED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE STATE.
 § 37-1204. RULES AND REGULATIONS.
   THE  DEPARTMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS
 AS IT SHALL DEEM NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S1767

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

co-Sponsors

2025-S1767 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S1767 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S1767 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1767 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Nathalia Fernandez

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

co-Sponsors

Simcha Felder

2025-S1767 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S1767 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S1767 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1767 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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