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S 6816: Relates to the definition of portable temporary shelters for the purposes of prohibitions on the manufacture or sale of products containing highly flammable materials.
What S 6816 does, verified September 28, 2025
The "No Toxics Tent Act" aims to regulate portable temporary shelters, including tents, to ensure they do not pose a risk to public health. The bill specifically excludes tents designed for children's play, camping, backpacking, or mountaineering, as long as they are made of synthetic fibers. The law will take effect immediately, requiring a ban on toxic materials in portable temporary shelters.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION (2025-03-25)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6816
- What is the current status of S 6816?
- As of September 28, 2025, S 6816 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on March 25, 2025, was "REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION".
- Did S 6816 pass?
- Not yet. S 6816 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6816, and where is it now?
- S 6816 was authored by Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal. Its committee of record is Assembly Consumer Affairs & Protection.
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| Mar. 25, 2025 | REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 25, 2025 · 257 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6816 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 25, 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 enacting the "no toxics tent act" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "no toxics 2 tent act". 3 § 2. Subdivision 3-a of section 500 of the general business law, as 4 added by chapter 318 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: 5 3-a. "Portable temporary shelter" shall include but shall not be 6 limited to[,] any type of tent[, fold-out or pop-up camping or tent7trailer, recreational vehicle awning or add-on room or shelter, or8screen house] made in whole, or in part of fabric or related material 9 and defined as a place of assemblage in or under which fifteen or more 10 persons may gather. This subdivision shall not apply to tents designed 11 or manufactured for children's play, camping, backpacking, or mountai- 12 neering, provided that such tents are constructed with fabric made 13 entirely from synthetic fibers. 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11284-02-5
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