STATE OF NEW YORK
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7944
IN SENATE
March 12, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting the sale of child care products containing bisphenol
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The title heading of title 5 of article 37 of the environ-
2 mental conservation law, as added by chapter 280 of the laws of 2010, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 BISPHENOL [A]
5 § 2. Section 37-0501 of the environmental conservation law, as added
6 by chapter 280 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
7 § 37-0501. Short title.
8 This title shall be known and may be cited as the "bisphenol [A-free]
9 free children and babies act".
10 § 3. Section 37-0505 of the environmental conservation law, as added
11 by chapter 280 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
12 § 37-0505. Child care products.
13 1. (a) Beginning December first, two thousand ten, no person, firm,
14 partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation shall
15 sell or offer for sale any child care product intended for use by a
16 child three years of age or younger containing bisphenol A.
17 (b) Beginning December thirty-first, two thousand nineteen, no person,
18 firm, partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation
19 shall sell or offer for sale any child care product intended for use by
20 a child three years of age or younger containing bisphenol AF (BPAF),
21 bisphenol Z (BPZ), bisphenol S (BPS), bisphenol F (BPF), bisphenol AP
22 (BPAP) and bisphenol B (BPB).
23 2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale or
24 distribution of child care products resold or offered for resale, or
25 distributed by consumers for consumer use.
26 § 4. Section 37-0507 of the environmental conservation law, as added
27 by chapter 280 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
28 § 37-0507. Product labeling.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 The commissioner may authorize product labeling of products that do
2 not contain bisphenol [A]. The label on such products may prominently
3 state "Bisphenol [A] Free" [or "BPA-Free"] to inform consumers that the
4 product does not contain the chemical bisphenol [A].
5 § 5. Section 37-0509 of the environmental conservation law, as added
6 by chapter 280 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
7 § 37-0509. Preemption.
8 Jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to bisphenol [A] which are
9 regulated pursuant to the provisions of this title shall be vested
10 exclusively in the state.
11 § 6. This act shall take effect December 31, 2019.