Bill Text: NY S02279 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires a plain and conspicuous printed list of all ingredients listed in order of predominance on diapers sold in the state; imposes a civil penalty of one percent of the manufacturer's total annual in-state sales not to exceed one thousand dollars per package or box on the manufacturer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-06 - SUBSTITUTED BY A43C [S02279 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02279-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2279--B

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 19, 2023
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        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 -- 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 an intentionally added substance present
     5  in a diaper;
     6    (b) "diaper" shall  mean  a  type  of  underwear  that  absorbs  waste
     7  products  to  prevent soiling of outer clothing or the external environ-
     8  ment without the use of a toilet.
     9    2. No later than twelve  months  after  the  effective  date  of  this
    10  section, each package or box containing diapers sold in this state shall
    11  contain  a  plain  and conspicuous printed list of all ingredients which
    12  shall be listed in order of predominance.   Such list  shall  either  be
    13  printed on the package or affixed thereto.
    14    3.  The  requirements  of  this section shall apply in addition to any
    15  other labeling requirements established pursuant to any other  provision
    16  of law.
    17    4. Whenever a violation of this section has occurred, a civil  penalty
    18  of  one percent of the manufacturer's total annual in-state sales not to
    19  exceed one thousand dollars per package or box shall be imposed  on  the
    20  manufacturer.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01282-05-3