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A 1635: Prohibits the sale or offer for sale of any cosmetic product or personal care product containing PFAS substances.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 1635 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill aims to prohibit the sale or offer for sale of cosmetic products and personal care products containing certain hazardous substances, including: 1,4-dioxane, mercury, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). No person shall sell or offer for sale any product containing intentionally added PFAS substances. The term "PFAS substances" refers to a class of chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. The bill will take effect on June 1, 2026.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to environmental conservation (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Chris EachusNily RozicJessica González-RojasGabriella Romero
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026referred to environmental conservation
Jan. 10, 2025referred to environmental conservation
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 10, 2025 · 248 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1635 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, EACHUS, ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the sale or offer for sale of any cosmetic product or personal care product containing PFAS substances 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 754 of the laws of 2022, is 3 amended and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows: 4 Prohibition of cosmetic products and personal care products containing 5 1,4-dioxane [or], mercury, or PFAS substances. 6 9. No person shall sell or offer for sale any cosmetic product or 7 personal care product containing intentionally added PFAS substances. 8 For the purposes of this subdivision, "PFAS substances" shall mean a 9 class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully 10 fluorinated carbon atom and "intentionally added" shall have the same 11 meaning as "intentionally added chemical" in subdivision eleven of 12 section 37-0901 of this article. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect June 1, 2026. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04173-01-5 
Text of A 1635 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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