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A8185Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS6603

Ban Toxic Cleaning Chemicals

Official title

“Relates to prohibiting household cleansing products that contain 1, 4-dioxane”

Sponsor Steven EnglebrightAD-4+6 co-sponsorsAffects Legal
Status
Assembly Floor Calendar
Impact
6/10
Moderate
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 3 of 7

Floor calendar · Jan 3

What's happening

This bill bans the sale of household cleaning products in New York containing 1,4-dioxane, except for trace amounts authorized by regulation.

Why it matters

  1. Addresses potential health risks. by targeting 1,4-dioxane, a probable human carcinogen found in some cleaning products, aiming to reduce public exposure in homes.

  2. Pushes manufacturers toward safer formulations. , likely prompting innovation or reformulation in the cleaning product industry to comply with stricter state standards.

  3. Empowers regulatory oversight. , as the bill gives the state’s environmental and health agencies authority to define and enforce acceptable trace limits, allowing for flexibility as scientific understanding evolves.

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Ban Toxic Cleaning Chemicals

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Steven Englebright

Assembly Member · Assembly District 4

History

  1. Ordered to third reading cal.593
  2. Ordered to third reading rules cal.358
  3. Rules report cal.358
  4. Reported
  5. Reported referred to rules
  6. Reported referred to codes
  7. Referred to environmental conservation

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S6603Senate

Ban Toxic Cleaning Chemicals

In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Kemp Hannon

Impact 6 · Moderate0% to pass

Full text

1 pageUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗

STATE OF NEW YORK

8185

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

June 1, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, D'URSO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting household cleansing products that contain 1, 4-dioxane

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 35-0105 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:

4. No household cleansing product shall be distributed, sold, offered or exposed for sale in this state which contains 1, 4-dioxane other than such trace concentrations as may be authorized by the commissioner, in consultation with the department of health, by regulations.

§ 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2019.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD13006-01-7

Reflowed for reading: line numbers and page breaks removed. Cite the official text.

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