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
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
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2279--B 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 -- 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