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A08630 Summary:

A08630 Actions:

A08630 Committee Votes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   Chair:Englebright      
DATE:05/09/2022AYE/NAY:28/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Englebright
Aye
Smullen
Aye
Glick
Aye
Miller
Aye
Colton
Aye
Tague
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Manktelow
Aye
O'Donnell
Aye
Brown
Aye
Gunther
Aye
Durso
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Lemondes
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Simpson
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Otis
Aye
Williams
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Burke
Excused
Griffin
Excused
Epstein
Aye
McMahon
Aye
Burdick
Aye
Lunsford
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Aye
Septimo
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Dinowitz      
DATE:05/17/2022AYE/NAY:21/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Dinowitz
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Reilly
Aye
O'Donnell
Aye
Mikulin
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Tannousis
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Walker
Aye
Vanel
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Carroll
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:06/01/2022AYE/NAY:27/1  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Blankenbush
Excused
Pretlow
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cook
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Glick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Nay
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Excused
Hyndman
Aye

A08630 Floor Votes:

A08630 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A8630A
 
SPONSOR: Reyes

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting cosmetic products and personal care products that contain
mercury
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the sale or offer for sale of
any cosmetic product or personal care product containing mercury.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
Section 1 of this bill would amend section 37-0117 of the environmental
conservation law to prohibit the sale or offer for sale any cosmetic
product or personal care product containing mercury.  Mercury would be
defined to mean elemental mercury Hg, mercuric iodide, mercury oxide,
mercurous chloride, ethyl mercury, phenyl mercuric salts, ammoniated
mercury, amide chloride of mercury, mercury sulfide or cinnabaris, or
mercury iodide.
 
Section 2 of this bill provides that the bill shall take effect June 1,
2023.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
Advertisers and marketers often promote and reinforce a bias toward
lighter, more Caucasian skin tones as a more desirable beauty standard.
Striving to reach these unattainable ideals, people of color are
purchasing skin lightening products contributing to a now developing
billion-dollar international industry, estimated to be worth $31.2
billion by 2024. Skin-lightening products do not just subconsciously
perpetuate a beauty ideal based in colorism, which is the practice of
showing preference to those of a lighter skin color within groups of
people of the same race or ethnic background, but also these cosmetics
and creams also contain toxic ingredients. When absorbed in the skin, it
can cause kidney damage, skin rashes, psychosis, skin discoloration, and
peripheral neuropathy. Mercury is the main ingredient used in skin-
lightening products to stop the production of melanin. Manufacturers
place mercury in cosmetics to fade dark spots, blemishes, fine lines,
and lighten skin. However, mercury has a high absorption rate that can
quickly damage skin and even organs.
 
This bill would ban the sale or offer for sale of any cosmetics products
or personal care products containing mercury. The Legislature has previ-
ously prohibited other products that contain mercury, such as in certain
dental products and in thermostats.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
This is a new bill.
 
 
BUDGET IMPLICATIONS:
 
None.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect June 1, 2023.

A08630 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8630--A
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 10, 2022
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          prohibiting cosmetic products and personal care products that  contain
          mercury

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The section heading of section 37-0117 of the environmental
     2  conservation law, as amended by chapter 44  of  the  laws  of  2020,  is
     3  amended and a new subdivision 8 is added to read as follows:
     4    Prohibition of cosmetic products and personal care products containing
     5  1,4-dioxane or mercury.
     6    8.  No person   shall  sell  or offer for sale any cosmetic product or
     7  personal care product containing  mercury.  For  the  purposes  of  this
     8  subdivision  "mercury" shall mean elemental mercury Hg, mercuric iodide,
     9  mercury  oxide,  mercurous  chloride,  ethyl   mercury, phenyl  mercuric
    10  salts, ammoniated mercury, amide chloride of mercury, mercury sulfide or
    11  cinnabaris, or mercury iodide.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect June 1, 2023.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14088-06-2

A08630 LFIN:

 
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