S 3659: 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.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3659 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 29, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection 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 [prohibited 6 under 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