Bill Text: NY S01547 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the sale of cleaning products containing triclosan, triclocarban or derivatives of such antibacterial compounds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S01547 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01547-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1547
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 15, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sens. KENNEDY, BROOKS -- 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  cleaning  products  containing  triclosan,
          triclocarban or derivatives of such antibacterial compounds
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new section 37-0115 to read as follows:
     3  § 37-0115. Prohibition of triclosan, triclocarban or derivatives of such
     4               antibacterial compounds.
     5    1. No person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability compa-
     6  ny  or  corporation  shall  sell or offer for sale any cleaning products
     7  containing triclosan, triclocarban, or derivatives of such antibacterial
     8  compounds, within New York state, provided, however, that  this  section
     9  shall  not  prohibit  the sale of products containing such antibacterial
    10  compounds that are used solely in medical facilities.
    11    2. The department is authorized to promulgate  such  rules  and  regu-
    12  lations  as  it shall deem necessary to implement the provisions of this
    13  section.
    14    § 2. Section 37-0101 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
    15  by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
    16    7.  "Cleaning  products"  means,  but  are not limited to, dishwashing
    17  liquids, laundry detergents, fabric softeners,  disinfectants,  sponges,
    18  mop  heads,  brooms, garbage bags, cleaning agents, antibacterial soaps,
    19  hand soaps, bar soaps, liquid soaps,  hand  sanitizers,  skin  purifying
    20  wipes,  body washes, facial and body cleansers, shampoos, and condition-
    21  ers.
    22    § 3. Section 71-3703 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
    23  by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03660-01-9
        S. 1547                             2
     1    4.  Any  person,  firm,  partnership,  association,  limited liability
     2  company, or corporation who violates any of the  provisions  of  section
     3  37-0115  or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant hereto, shall be
     4  liable for a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars  for  each
     5  day during which such violation continues, and in addition thereto, such
     6  person,  firm,  partnership,  association, limited liability company, or
     7  corporation may be  enjoined  from  continuing  such  violation.    Such
     8  person,  firm,  partnership,  association, limited liability company, or
     9  corporation shall for a second violation be liable to the people of  the
    10  state  for  a  civil  penalty  not  to  exceed two thousand five hundred
    11  dollars for each day during which such violation continues.
    12    § 4. This act shall take effect one year and six months after it shall
    13  have become a law. Effective immediately the addition and/or  repeal  of
    14  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
    15  its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and  completed
    16  on or before one year after this act shall have become a law.