Bill Text: NY A00043 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a plain and conspicuous printed list of all ingredients listed in order of predominance on diapers sold in the state; imposes a civil penalty of one percent of the manufacturer's total annual in-state sales not to exceed one thousand dollars per package or box on the manufacturer.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-26 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [A00043 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           43

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in  relation  to  labeling  of
          ingredients of diapers

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  399-aaaaaa to read as follows:
     3    § 399-aaaaaa. Diaper labeling. 1. For purposes of this section:
     4    (a) "ingredient" shall mean a substance present in any quantity  in  a
     5  diaper;
     6    (b)  "diaper" shall mean a type of underwear that allows the wearer to
     7  defecate or urinate without  the  use  of  a  toilet,  by  absorbing  or
     8  containing  waste  products  to prevent soiling of outer clothing or the
     9  external environment. These products may be either disposable  or  reus-
    10  able.
    11    2.  Each  package  or  box containing diapers sold in this state shall
    12  contain a plain and conspicuous printed list  of  all  ingredients  with
    13  percentages  of the components of the diaper.  Such list shall either be
    14  printed on the package or affixed thereto.
    15    3. The requirements of this section shall apply  in  addition  to  any
    16  other  labeling requirements established pursuant to any other provision
    17  of law.
    18    4. Whenever a violation of this section has occurred, a civil  penalty
    19  of  one  thousand  dollars  per  package  or box shall be imposed on the
    20  manufacturer.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    22  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    23  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    24  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    25  completed on or before such effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01282-01-3