Bill Text: NY S02279 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-02-23 - PRINT NUMBER 2279D [S02279 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02279-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2279--D

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 19, 2023
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        Introduced by Sens. CLEARE, BROUK -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when  printed  to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
          -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
          and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted as
          amended and recommitted  to  said  committee  --  recommitted  to  the
          Committee  on  Consumer  Protection  in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
          sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee

        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 an intentionally added substance present
     5  in a diaper;
     6    (b) "diaper" shall mean a type of garment or product inserted  into  a
     7  garment  for  the purpose of absorbing waste products to prevent soiling
     8  of outer clothing or the external  environment  without  the  use  of  a
     9  toilet. These products may be either disposable or reusable.
    10    2.  No  later  than  eighteen  months after the effective date of this
    11  section, each package or box containing diapers sold in this state shall
    12  contain a plain and conspicuous printed list of  all  ingredients  which
    13  shall  be  listed  in order of predominance.   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.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01282-10-4
        S. 2279--D                          2

     1    4. Whenever a violation of this section has occurred, a civil  penalty
     2  of one percent of the manufacturer's total annual in-state sales not  to
     3  exceed  one thousand dollars per package or box shall be imposed  on the
     4  manufacturer.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.