Bill Text: NY S03567 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to banning formaldehyde in certain children's products.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-04 - PRINT NUMBER 3567A [S03567 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03567-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3567--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 8, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conser- vation 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. LBD03471-02-0S. 3567--A 2 1 drug, biologic or medical device regulated by the United States Food and 2 Drug Administration. 3 (b) "Child" means any person aged twelve and under. 4 (c) "Intentionally added chemical" means a chemical deliberately used 5 in the formulation of a product or subpart of a product. 6 2. Formaldehyde in children's products; ban. Beginning April first, 7 two thousand twenty-two, no retailer may sell or offer for sale in this 8 state a children's product that intentionally contains: (a) formaldeh- 9 yde, including formaldehyde contained in a solution; or 10 (b) ingredients that chemically degrade under normal conditions of 11 temperature and pressure to release free formaldehyde at levels exceed- 12 ing 0.05 percent. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 14 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
