Bill Title: Prohibits the use, purchase and storage of mercury and mercury instruments in schools; provides that mercury instruments may continue to be used if no reasonably acceptable mercury-free alternative is available, so long as the mercury instrument used has the lowest mercury content available; directs the commissioner of health to compile, produce and distribute material advising schools of the hazards of elemental mercury and how to reduce such hazards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-13 - print number 3855a [A03855 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember Steven Englebright [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember William Colton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-047	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Richard Gottfried [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-075	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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