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S04630 Summary:

BILL NOS04630B
 
SAME ASSAME AS A05418-B
 
SPONSORKAMINSKY
 
COSPNSRHARCKHAM, BAILEY, BIAGGI, BOYLE, BRISPORT, BROOKS, COMRIE, GAUGHRAN, GOUNARDES, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAPLAN, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU, MANNION, MAY, MYRIE, OBERACKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, REICHLIN-MELNICK, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY, THOMAS
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add Art 37 Title 10 §§37-1001 - 37-1013, amd §71-3703, En Con L
 
Enacts the family and fire fighter protection act relating to the regulation of chemicals in upholstered furniture, mattresses and electronic enclosures; bans the use of certain flame retardant chemicals in furniture and mattresses; bans the use of certain flame retardant chemicals in electronic casings.
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S04630 Actions:

BILL NOS04630B
 
02/08/2021REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
04/22/2021AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
04/22/2021PRINT NUMBER 4630A
05/10/20211ST REPORT CAL.978
05/11/20212ND REPORT CAL.
05/12/2021ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
05/24/2021AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4630B
06/08/2021PASSED SENATE
06/08/2021DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/08/2021referred to codes
06/09/2021substituted for a5418b
06/09/2021ordered to third reading rules cal.659
06/10/2021passed assembly
06/10/2021returned to senate
12/20/2021DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
12/31/2021SIGNED CHAP.829
12/31/2021APPROVAL MEMO.167
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S04630 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         4630--B
            Cal. No. 978
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 8, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sens. KAMINSKY, HARCKHAM, BAILEY, BIAGGI, BOYLE, BRISPORT,
          BROOKS, COMRIE, GAUGHRAN, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN, KAPLAN, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER,
          LIU,  MAY, MYRIE, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS,
          STAVISKY, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed
          to  be  committed  to  the  Committee on Environmental Conservation --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted  to said committee -- reported favorably from said commit-
          tee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a  third  reading,
          amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
          third reading
 
        AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
          regulation of chemicals in upholstered furniture, mattresses and elec-
          tronic enclosures
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "family and fire fighter protection act".
     3    §  2.  Article  37 of the environmental conservation law is amended by
     4  adding a new title 10 to read as follows:
 
     5                                   TITLE X
     6        REGULATION OF CHEMICALS IN UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE, MATTRESSES
     7                          AND ELECTRONIC ENCLOSURES
     8  Section 37-1001. Definitions.
     9          37-1003. Furniture and mattresses.
    10          37-1005. Exemptions.
    11          37-1007. Electronic display.
    12          37-1009. Reporting.
    13          37-1011. Severability.
    14          37-1013. Regulations.
    15  § 37-1001. Definitions.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06757-07-1

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     1    As used in this title:
     2    1.  "Consumer  product"  means  any  product that is regularly used or
     3  purchased to be used for personal, family or household purposes. Consum-
     4  er product shall not mean: (a) a food or beverage or an  additive  to  a
     5  food  or  beverage regulated by the United States Food and Drug Adminis-
     6  tration; or (b) a drug, biologic or  medical  device  regulated  by  the
     7  United States Food and Drug Administration.
     8    2.  "Covered  flame  retardant chemical" means any chemical that meets
     9  both of the following criteria:
    10    (a) A functional use for the chemical is  to  resist  or  inhibit  the
    11  spread of fire or as a synergist to chemicals that resist or inhibit the
    12  spread of fire; and
    13    (b)  The  chemical is one of the following: a halogenated, organophos-
    14  phorus, organonitrogen, or nanoscale chemical. As used in this title:
    15    (i) "Halogenated chemical" is any chemical that contains one  or  more
    16  halogen elements, including fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine.
    17    (ii)  "Organophosphorus chemical" is any chemical that contains one or
    18  more carbon elements and one or more phosphorus elements.
    19    (iii) "Organonitrogen chemical" is any chemical that contains  one  or
    20  more carbon elements and one or more nitrogen elements.
    21    3.  "Custom  upholsterer"  means  a  person  who, either by himself or
    22  herself or through employees or agents, repairs, reupholsters, recovers,
    23  restores, or renews upholstered furniture, or who  makes  to  order  and
    24  specification  of the user any article of upholstered residential furni-
    25  ture, using either new materials or owner's materials.
    26    4. "Electronic display" means a consumer product with a display screen
    27  and associated electronics that, as its primary function, displays visu-
    28  al information from wired or  wireless  sources  and  is  available  for
    29  purchase  by individuals or households for personal use in a residential
    30  space.  Electronic display shall not include: (a) any electronic display
    31  with a screen area smaller than or equal to one hundred square  centime-
    32  ters  or fifteen and one-half square inches; (b) projectors; (c) virtual
    33  reality headsets;  (d)  all-in-one  video  conference  systems;  or  (e)
    34  displays  that  are integrated with appliances and are not available for
    35  purchase as separate products by end-users.
    36    5. "Gel foam mattress" means a mattress in which interior foam  layers
    37  are  composed  of  polyurethane  foam or latex foam which has a polyure-
    38  thane-based gel material either mixed with the foam or  applied  to  the
    39  outer  surface of polyurethane or latex foam, or a mattress in which the
    40  core or padding layers are composed solely of gel material.
    41    6. "Intentionally added" shall have the same meaning as "intentionally
    42  added chemical" in subdivision eleven of section 37-0901 of  this  arti-
    43  cle.
    44    7.  "Mattress"  means  a ticking filled with a resilient material used
    45  alone or in combination with other products  intended  or  promoted  for
    46  sleeping upon.
    47    8.  "Memory  foam  mattress"  means a mattress which contains interior
    48  layers of foam composed of viscoelastic polyurethane foam or  low-resis-
    49  tance polyurethane foam.
    50    9.  "Organohalogen  flame  retardant  chemical"  means a chemical that
    51  contains one or more halogen  elements,  including  fluorine,  chlorine,
    52  bromine, or iodine, bonded to carbon.
    53    10.  "Reupholstered  furniture" means furniture whose original fabric,
    54  padding, decking, barrier material, foam, or other resilient filling has
    55  been replaced by a custom upholsterer, that has not been sold since  the
    56  time of the replacement.

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     1    11.  "Ticking" means the outermost layer of fabric or related material
     2  that encloses the  core  and  upholstery  materials  of  a  mattress  or
     3  mattress pad. A mattress ticking may consist of several layers of fabric
     4  or related materials quilted together.
     5    12.   "Upholstered  furniture"  means  any  item  of  furniture,  that
     6  consists, in whole or in part, of  leather,  plastic,  fabric  or  other
     7  material  that  contains  cotton, wool, polyurethane or other natural or
     8  synthetic material that is placed in cushions or on  the  frame  of  the
     9  furniture.
    10    13. "Upholstered or reupholstered furniture component" means the sepa-
    11  rate  constituent  parts  of  upholstered  furniture, specifically cover
    12  fabrics, barrier materials, resilient  filling  materials,  and  decking
    13  materials.
    14  § 37-1003. Furniture and mattresses.
    15    1.  Beginning January first, two thousand twenty-four, no person shall
    16  sell or offer for sale in the state of New York any new, not  previously
    17  owned,  upholstered furniture or mattress, that contains, or a constitu-
    18  ent component of which contains, any intentionally added  covered  flame
    19  retardant chemical, individually or in combination.
    20    2. Beginning January first, two thousand twenty-three, a custom uphol-
    21  sterer in the state of New York shall not repair, reupholster, re-cover,
    22  restore, or renew upholstered furniture or reupholstered furniture using
    23  replacement  components  that  contain  any  intentionally added covered
    24  flame retardant chemical, individually or in combination.
    25  § 37-1005. Exemptions.
    26    The prohibitions in section 37-1003 of this title shall not  apply  to
    27  the following:
    28    1.  Electronic  components  of mattresses, reupholstered furniture, or
    29  upholstered furniture, or any  associated  casing  for  such  electronic
    30  components.
    31    2.  Upholstered or reupholstered furniture components other than those
    32  identified in subdivision seven of section 37-1001 of this title.
    33    3. Thread or fiber when used for stitching mattress components togeth-
    34  er.
    35    4. The natural fibers wool, silk, and other animal fibers whether used
    36  singly or in combination with other materials.
    37    5. Textiles made using modacrylic fiber  components  without  antimony
    38  trioxide  when used internally as a barrier material in a memory foam or
    39  gel foam mattress or aramid fibers when used in the fabric  that  covers
    40  the bottom (non-sleep surface) of a mattress that has a sleeping surface
    41  on only one side of the mattress. This exemption shall expire on January
    42  first, two thousand twenty-six.
    43  § 37-1007. Electronic display.
    44    Beginning  January  first,  two  thousand twenty-four, no person shall
    45  sell or offer for sale in the state of New York any  electronic  display
    46  that contains an intentionally added organohalogen flame retardant chem-
    47  ical in the enclosure or stand of such electronic display.
    48  § 37-1009. Reporting.
    49    1.  For  the  purposes  of  this  section, "manufacturer" shall mean a
    50  person who: (a) assembles or substantially assembles electronic displays
    51  for sale in the state; (b) manufactures electronic displays,  under  its
    52  own brand name or under any other brand name, for sale in the state; (c)
    53  sells,  under  its own brand name, electronic displays in the state; (d)
    54  owns a brand name that it licenses to another person for  use  on  elec-
    55  tronic  displays  sold in the state; (e) imports electronic displays for

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     1  sale in the state; or (f) manufactures electronic displays for  sale  in
     2  the state without affixing a brand name.
     3    2. Beginning one year after the effective date of this title, no elec-
     4  tronic  display  shall  be sold in the state unless the manufacturer has
     5  submitted an annual report to the  department  identifying  all  of  the
     6  flame  retardants  used  in  the  enclosure  or  stand of the electronic
     7  display in a form determined by the department.
     8  § 37-1011. Severability.
     9    If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section  or  part  of
    10  this  act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be
    11  invalid, such judgment shall  not  affect,  impair,  or  invalidate  the
    12  remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
    13  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,  section  or  part  thereof directly
    14  involved in the controversy in  which  such  judgment  shall  have  been
    15  rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature that
    16  this act would have been enacted even if such invalid provisions had not
    17  been included herein.
    18  § 37-1013. Regulations.
    19    The  department may adopt any rules and regulations it deems necessary
    20  to implement the provisions of this title.
    21    § 3. Section 71-3703 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
    22  by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
    23    5.  Any  person  who violates any of the provisions of or who fails to
    24  perform any duty imposed by sections 37-1003 and 37-1007 of this chapter
    25  or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant hereto, shall  be  liable
    26  for  a  civil  penalty  not  to exceed one thousand dollars for each day
    27  during which such violation continues, and  in  addition  thereto,  such
    28  person may be enjoined from continuing such violation. Such person shall
    29  for  a second violation be liable to the people of the state for a civil
    30  penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred  dollars  for  each  day
    31  during which such violation continues.
    32    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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