A 1053: Relates to the recall of a class B firefighting foam; prohibits the sale or distribution of firefighting personal protective equipment that contains intentionally added PFAS.
The bill aims to reduce the use of class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals. It requires manufacturers to recall products containing these chemicals and replace them with safer alternatives. The bill also prohibits the sale or distribution of firefighting personal protective equipment that contains PFAS chemicals. The restrictions on class B firefighting foam do not apply to its use in suppressing or preventing ignitable liquid fires, where alternative agents are not available. The bill also requires the Office of Fire Prevention and Control to issue guidance to state agencies and local governments on avoiding the purchase or use of class B firefighting foams containing PFAS chemicals. The bill takes effect immediately, but sections related to the sale and distribution of firefighting personal protective equipment containing PFAS chemicals will not take…
| Jun. 22, 2026 | enacting clause stricken |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | ordered to third reading cal.38 |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | DIED IN SENATE |
| Mar. 25, 2025 | delivered to senate |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1053 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the recall of class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 391-u of the 2 general business law, as added by chapter 88 of the laws of 2020, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (b) A manufacturer that [produces, sells, or distributes] at any time 5 produced, sold, or distributed a class B firefighting foam [prohibited6under subdivision three of this section] that contains intentionally 7 added PFAS shall recall all of the product, [which includes] sold or 8 otherwise distributed prior to or after March twenty-second, two thou- 9 sand twenty-two. This shall entail collection, transport, treatment, 10 storage and safe disposal, within two years after the implementation 11 date of the restrictions set forth in subdivision three of this section 12 and reimburse the retailer or any other purchaser for the product. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00714-01-5