Bill Text: MN HF2414 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Microplastic containing product sales prohibited.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-10 - Author added Kahn [HF2414 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2414-Introduced.html
1.2relating to environment; prohibiting the sale of certain personal care products
1.3containing microplastics; providing civil penalties;proposing coding for new
1.4law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [325E.382] CERTAIN PRODUCTS CONTAINING MICROPLASTICS
1.7PROHIBITED.
1.8 Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms
1.9have the meanings given.
1.10(b) "Microplastic" means a plastic with a diameter of five millimeters or less.
1.11(c) "Personal care product" means a nonmedicinal consumable product that is
1.12intended to be used in the topical care and grooming of the body and hair and that is rubbed,
1.13poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, or otherwise applied to a human body, for cleansing,
1.14beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance without affecting the
1.15body's structure or functions. Personal care products are specifically for use in such
1.16activities as cleansing, toning, moisturizing, hydrating, exfoliating, conditioning, anointing,
1.17massaging, coloring or decorating, soothing, deodorizing, perfuming, and styling.
1.18(d) "Plastic" means a synthetic material made from a polymer chain that can be
1.19molded, catalyzed, or extruded into various forms.
1.20 Subd. 2. Prohibition; exemptions. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), after
1.21July 1, 2015, no person may sell or offer for sale in this state a personal care product
1.22that contains microplastics.
1.23(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply:
2.1(1) to a personal care product containing microplastics in less than one part per
2.2million by weight; or
2.3(2) if it is demonstrated to the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency that an
2.4otherwise prohibited personal care product is designed in a manner or for such uses that
2.5it will not, through normal use, enter into the waters of this state, as defined in section
2.697A.015, subdivision 54.
2.7 Subd. 3. Penalties. A person who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty
2.8not to exceed $250 for each unit of personal care product sold or offered for sale in this
2.9state in addition to any other penalty provided in law.
2.10EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3containing microplastics; providing civil penalties;proposing coding for new
1.4law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [325E.382] CERTAIN PRODUCTS CONTAINING MICROPLASTICS
1.7PROHIBITED.
1.8 Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms
1.9have the meanings given.
1.10(b) "Microplastic" means a plastic with a diameter of five millimeters or less.
1.11(c) "Personal care product" means a nonmedicinal consumable product that is
1.12intended to be used in the topical care and grooming of the body and hair and that is rubbed,
1.13poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, or otherwise applied to a human body, for cleansing,
1.14beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance without affecting the
1.15body's structure or functions. Personal care products are specifically for use in such
1.16activities as cleansing, toning, moisturizing, hydrating, exfoliating, conditioning, anointing,
1.17massaging, coloring or decorating, soothing, deodorizing, perfuming, and styling.
1.18(d) "Plastic" means a synthetic material made from a polymer chain that can be
1.19molded, catalyzed, or extruded into various forms.
1.20 Subd. 2. Prohibition; exemptions. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), after
1.21July 1, 2015, no person may sell or offer for sale in this state a personal care product
1.22that contains microplastics.
1.23(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply:
2.1(1) to a personal care product containing microplastics in less than one part per
2.2million by weight; or
2.3(2) if it is demonstrated to the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency that an
2.4otherwise prohibited personal care product is designed in a manner or for such uses that
2.5it will not, through normal use, enter into the waters of this state, as defined in section
2.697A.015, subdivision 54.
2.7 Subd. 3. Penalties. A person who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty
2.8not to exceed $250 for each unit of personal care product sold or offered for sale in this
2.9state in addition to any other penalty provided in law.
2.10EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
