Senate bill · S187 (2025-26)

Prohibits the sale of certain products that contain regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; and provides penalties for violations

Latest action May 22, 2025

Prohibits the sale of certain products that contain regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; requires manufacturers of products containing PFAS to provide notice of such fact to persons that offer the products for sale or distribution; provides penalties for violations.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A7738, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Environmental Conservation Law.

Committee

Codes · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Codes · New York State Senate, Environmental Conservation · New York State Assembly, Environmental Conservation · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This bill would phase-out the sale of products , with regulated amounts of PFAS or intentionally added PFAS, by January 1, 2024. These products include architectural paint; cleaning products: which include air care products, automotive products, general cleaning products (not including personal care products), polish or floor maintenance products; cookware, fabric treatment, rugs, ski wax, textiles and textile articles: which include non-wearable textile goods, outdoor apparel and PPE.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMay 21, 2025Result: passed
(47) (12) (0) (3)
Vote: Committee vote · Environmental Conservation
Senate Environmental ConservationMay 13, 2025Result: passed
(11) (0) (0) (0)
Vote: Committee vote · Environmental Conservation
Senate Environmental ConservationApr 29, 2025Result: passed
(11) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Anthony H. Palumbo, Brian Kavanagh and 19 more on Agora

Democratic19
Republican2

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why the sponsor says this is needed

"Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances" or "PFAS" are considered "forever chemicals", meaning, their molecular structure makes them high- ly resistant to breakdown and thereby they wind up in most of our water sources. As of 2015, an estimated 25,600 metric tons of PFAS are either produced in or imported to the United States on an annual basis. PFAS compounds are used in the production of many commonly used consumer products including cleaning products, food packaging, non-stick cook- ware, paints, rugs and stain resistance/waterproof fabrics. The inten- tional use of PFAS is often used to gain a specific characteristic or appearance of the product. As we have seen throughout many of our communities, the impact of PFAS in our drinking water can be devastating and costly to mitigate. New York led the nation in our drinking water testing law that set the limit for certain PFAS compounds at 10 parts per trillion. If any water system exceeds the limit, they must invest in technology that reduces the pres- ence of PFAS to an acceptable level. The water system I represent in Rockland County was found to have several wells with PFAS levels over 10 ppt and are currently installing multi-million dollar filters to remedy the contamination. While this is necessary, it does not make sense to remedy contaminated water systems while allowing the contamination to continue. New York must now take steps to clean up our environment by getting at the sources of contamination and phasing out the use of PFAS in products altogether.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

May 22, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CODES
NY Assembly
May 21, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
May 21, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
May 1, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Apr 30, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate

Show full history (3 earlier events)

Apr 29, 2025
1ST Report CAL.765
1ST REPORT CAL.765
NY Senate
Jan 30, 2025
Amend and Recommit to Environmental Conservation
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Senate
Jan 8, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Senate

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