Bill Text: NY A08636 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the sale of cosmetics tested on animals; punishable by fine of not more than five hundred dollars for the first violation and not more than one thousand dollars for each subsequent violation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-27 - print number 8636a [A08636 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8636
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    December 23, 2015
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Economic Development
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
          sale of cosmetics tested on animals
          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-aaaa to read as follows:
     3    § 399-aaaa. Selling of animal tested cosmetics. 1. For the purposes of
     4  this section the following terms shall have the following meanings:
     5    (a)  "Cosmetic" shall mean (1) articles intended to be rubbed, poured,
     6  sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied  to  the
     7  human  body  or  any  part thereof for cleansing, beautifying, promoting
     8  attractiveness, or altering the appearance, including but not limited to
     9  personal hygiene products such as deodorant, shampoo or conditioner, and
    10  (2) articles intended for use as a component of any such articles.
    11    (b) "Cosmetic animal testing" shall  mean  the  internal  or  external
    12  application or exposure of any cosmetic to the skin, eyes, or other body
    13  part  of  a  live non-human vertebrate for the purpose of evaluating the
    14  safety or efficacy of a cosmetic.
    15    2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm,  partnership  or  corpo-
    16  ration  to knowingly import for profit, sell at retail or offer for sale
    17  at retail, any cosmetic if the final product or  any  component  thereof
    18  was  developed  or manufactured using cosmetic animal testing after this
    19  section shall have become a law.
    20    3. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a  fine  of  not
    21  more than five hundred dollars for the first violation and not more than
    22  one thousand dollars for each subsequent violation.
    23    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    24  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11999-01-5