Bill Text: NY S06636 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the triclosan awareness act prohibiting the sale of cleaning products containing triclosan, triclocarban or derivatives of such antibacterial compounds and establishes a civil penalty for selling such items.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-17 - referred to codes [S06636 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6636
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 2, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- 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
          enacting the "triclosan awareness act", prohibiting the sale of clean-
          ing 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.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "triclosan
     2  awareness act".
     3    § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
     4  section 37-0115 to read as follows:
     5  § 37-0115. Prohibition of triclosan, triclocarban or derivatives of such
     6               antibacterial compounds.
     7    1. No person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability compa-
     8  ny  or  corporation  shall  sell or offer for sale any cleaning products
     9  containing triclosan, triclocarban, or derivatives of such antibacterial
    10  compounds, within New York state, provided, however, that  this  section
    11  shall  not  prohibit  the sale of products containing such antibacterial
    12  compounds that are used solely  in  medical  facilities  and  shall  not
    13  prohibit  individual  products for which specific United States food and
    14  drug administration approval for consumer use has been secured.
    15    2. The department is authorized to promulgate  such  rules  and  regu-
    16  lations  as  it shall deem necessary to implement the provisions of this
    17  section.
    18    § 3. Section 37-0101 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
    19  by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
    20    7.  "Cleaning  products"  means,  but  are not limited to, dishwashing
    21  liquids, laundry detergents, fabric softeners,  disinfectants,  sponges,
    22  mop  heads,  brooms, garbage bags, cleaning agents, antibacterial soaps,
    23  hand soaps, bar soaps, liquid soaps,  hand  sanitizers,  skin  purifying
    24  wipes,  body washes, facial and body cleansers, shampoos, and condition-
    25  ers.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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