Bill Text: NY S02591 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to banning formaldehyde in certain children's products.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-29 - PRINT NUMBER 2591A [S02591 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02591-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2591--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 26, 2015
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        Introduced  by Sens. SERRANO, HOYLMAN, LATIMER -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
          mental Conservation -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Environmental
          Conservation  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  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          banning formaldehyde in certain children's products
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Article 37 of the environmental conservation law is amended
     2  by adding a new title 9 to read as follows:
     3                                  TITLE IX
     4                          FORMALDEHYDE PROHIBITION
     5  Section 37-0901. Banning formaldehyde in certain children's products.
     6  § 37-0901. Banning formaldehyde in certain children's products.
     7    1. Definitions. (a) "Children's product"  means  a  product  primarily
     8  designed,  intended  or  marketed  by  a  manufacturer  to be physically
     9  applied to or introduced into a child's body, or used by a  child,  such
    10  as  baby  products,  toys,  car seats, personal care products, a product
    11  designed or intended by the manufacturer to help a child with sucking or
    12  teething, to facilitate sleep, relaxation, or the feeding  of  a  child,
    13  novelty   products,  bedding,  furniture,  furnishings,  and  children's
    14  apparel.  "Children's product" does not include (i) batteries;  or  (ii)
    15  consumer  electronic  products  including  but  not  limited to personal
    16  computers, audio and video equipment, calculators, wireless phones, game
    17  consoles, and handheld devices incorporating a  video  screen,  used  to
    18  access interactive software and their associated peripherals; or (iii) a
    19  food  or  beverage or an additive to a food or beverage regulated by the
    20  United States Food and Drug Administration; or (iv)  a  pesticide  regu-
    21  lated  by  the  United  States Environmental Protection Agency; or (v) a
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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