Assembly Bill A8912

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits the manufacture, distribution and sale of toys and child care products containing bisphenol-A or phthalates

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A8912 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §397-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A11234
2011-2012: A4036
2015-2016: A3359
2017-2018: A2186
2019-2020: A7033

2013-A8912 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the manufacture, distribution and sale of certain toys and child care products containing bisphenol-A or phthalates; imposes a civil fine of not less than $10,000 a day for violation of such provisions.

2013-A8912 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8912

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 28, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the
  manufacture, distribution and sale of toys and  child  care  products,
  containing bisphenol-A or phthalates, which are intended for use by or
  upon a child under the age of fourteen years

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
397-b to read as follows:
  S 397-B. TOYS AND CHILD CARE PRODUCTS; BISPHENOL-A AND PHTHALATES.  1.
THE  LEGISLATURE  HEREBY  FINDS  THAT BISPHENOL-A, AN ESTROGEN-MIMICKING
ENDOCRINE DISRUPTER CHEMICAL, IS USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF EPOXY  RESINS
AND  POLYCARBONATE PLASTICS, AND IS THE MAIN INGREDIENT IN HARD POLYCAR-
BONATE PLASTICS. THESE PLASTICS ARE USED IN MANY FOOD AND DRINK  PACKAG-
ING  APPLICATIONS,  AND THE RESINS ARE COMMONLY USED AS LACQUERS TO COAT
METAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS FOOD CANS, BOTTLE TOPS AND  WATER  SUPPLY  PIPES.
BISPHENOL-A  HAS  BEEN  SHOWN TO HAVE HORMONE DISRUPTING EFFECTS, AND IS
ALSO USED IN MANY PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR USE BY YOUNG CHILDREN  INCLUDING
TOYS, PACIFIERS, BABY BOTTLES AND TEETHERS.
  THE LEGISLATURE ALSO FINDS THAT PHTHALATES ARE CHEMICALS USED TO PLAS-
TICIZE  SOME FOOD CONTAINERS, PLASTIC WRAP, TOYS, SHAMPOOS, PERFUMES AND
BEAUTY PRODUCTS. SUCH CHEMICALS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE HORMONE DISRUPT-
ING EFFECTS.
  2. NO PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPA-
NY OR CORPORATION SHALL MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTE, SELL OR OFFER FOR  SALE
ANY  TOY  OR CHILD CARE PRODUCT CONTAINING BISPHENOL-A, INTENDED FOR USE
BY A CHILD UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
  3.  FOR   THE   PURPOSES   OF   THIS   SECTION,   "PHTHALATES"   MEANS
DI(2-ETHYLHEXYL) PHTHALATE (DEHP), DIBUTYL PHTHALATE (DBP), BENZYL BUTYL
PHTHALATE  (BBP),  DIISONONYL  PHTHALATE  (DINP),  DIISODECYL  PHTHALATE
(DIDP), OR DI-N-OCTYL PHTHALATE (DNOP).
  4. NO PERSON, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPA-
NY OR CORPORATION SHALL MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTE, SELL OR OFFER FOR  SALE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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