Bill Text: NY S00100 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to child proofing liquid detergent packets.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-02 - PRINT NUMBER 100A [S00100 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S00100-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 100--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection -- 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 child proofing liquid detergent packets 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-ggg to read as follows: 3 § 399-ggg. Packaging of liquid detergent packets. 1. For purposes of 4 this section: 5 (a) "liquid detergent packets" shall mean a consumer product that 6 consists of a liquid or gel detergent enclosed in a water soluble outer 7 layer and is designed to be placed in a washing machine; 8 (b) "child-resistant wrapper" shall mean an opaque covering of the 9 liquid detergent packet that is not easily permeated by a child's bite, 10 which has a uniform color that is not attractive to children; and 11 (c) "package" shall mean overall child-resistant stock keeping item 12 that contains liquid detergent packages. 13 2. No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation shall 14 distribute, sell at retail or offer for retail sale in this state any 15 liquid detergent packets, unless the liquid detergent packets are 16 contained in a child-resistant wrapper which is designed to prevent 17 accidental exposure of children to liquid detergent. 18 3. No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation shall 19 distribute, sell at retail or offer for retail sale in this state any 20 liquid detergent packets unless such liquid detergent packets are EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04548-02-8S. 100--A 2 1 designed in an opaque, uniform color that is not attractive to children 2 and is not easily permeated by a child's bite. 3 4. Each liquid detergent packet shall be enclosed in a separate, indi- 4 vidual, non-permeable, child-resistant wrapper containing a warning 5 stating "WARNING: HARMFUL IF PUT IN MOUTH OR SWALLOWED. EYE IRRITANT. 6 KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN". 7 5. Every package of liquid detergent packets distributed, sold at 8 retail, or offered for retail sale in this state shall contain a warning 9 concerning the dangers of the exposure of liquid detergent packets to 10 children. Such warning shall be readable and conspicuously placed on the 11 package and shall state: "LIQUID DETERGENT PACKETS ARE NOT FOR HUMAN 12 CONSUMPTION. HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED OR EXPOSED TO THE EYES OR SKIN. KEEP 13 OUT OF REACH AND SIGHT OF CHILDREN. IN CASE OF EXPOSURE CONTACT A PHYSI- 14 CIAN OR POISON CONTROL CENTER IMMEDIATELY". 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 16 it shall have become a law.