STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2279--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 19, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 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 a substance present in any quantity in a 5 diaper; 6 (b) "diaper" shall mean a type of underwear that allows the wearer to 7 defecate or urinate without the use of a toilet, by absorbing or 8 containing waste products to prevent soiling of outer clothing or the 9 external environment. These products may be either disposable or reus- 10 able. 11 2. Each package or box containing diapers sold in this state shall 12 contain a plain and conspicuous printed list of all ingredients with 13 percentages of the components of the diaper. 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. 18 4. Whenever a violation of this section has occurred, a civil penalty 19 of one percent of the manufacturer's total annual in-state sales not to 20 exceed one thousand dollars per package or box shall be imposed on the 21 manufacturer. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 23 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01282-03-3S. 2279--A 2 1 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 2 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 3 completed on or before such effective date.