New Jersey S 4057: Modifies use of cooperative purchasing agreements by certain public contracting units for construction services; prohibits time-and-materials contracts in certain circumstances; allows indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity public contracts in certain circumstances.

Bill Text

S4057 

SENATE, No. 4057 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 23, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Exempts rugs and fabrics used in vehicles from 
provisions of �Protecting Against Forever Chemicals Act.� 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 
substances and amending P.L.2025, c.202.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� Section 3 of P.L.2025, 
c.202 (C.56:3-55) is amended to read as follows:

����� 3.�� As used in sections 1 through 11 of [this 
act] 
P.L.2025, c.202 (C.56:3-53 through C.56:3-63) :

����� �Carpet� 
means a rug or fabric marketed or intended for use as a floor covering.� �Carpet� 
does not include any rug or fabric intended solely for use inside aircraft, 
automobiles, light duty trucks, vans, buses, or any other vehicle.� 

����� �Cookware� 
means durable houseware items that are used to prepare, dispense, or store 
food, foodstuffs, or beverages, that are intended for direct food contact, and 
that are items to which heat is transferred or which come into direct contact 
with a heat source, including pots, pans, skillets, grills, baking sheets, 
baking molds, trays, bowls, and cooking utensils.� �Cookware� does not include 
products that are intended for commercial use only.

����� �Cosmetic� 
means (1) articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, 
introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body or any part thereof for 
cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance, 
and (2) articles intended for use as a component of any such articles; except 
that such term shall not include soap.

����� �Division� means the Division of Consumer Affairs in 
the Department of Law and Public Safety.

����� �Fabric treatment� means a substance applied to 
fabric to give the fabric one or more characteristics, including, but not 
limited to, stain resistance or water resistance.

����� �Food 
packaging� means a nondurable package, packaging component, or food service 
ware that is intended to contain, serve, store, handle, protect, or market 
food, foodstuffs, or beverages, and is composed, in substantial part, of paper, 
paperboard, or other materials originally derived from plant fibers. �Food 
packaging� includes food or beverage containers, take-out food containers, unit 
product boxes, liners, wrappers, serving vessels, eating utensils, straws, food 
boxes, and disposable plates, bowls, or trays.

����� �Intentionally added PFAS� means PFAS added to a product or intentionally 
used during the development of a product or one of its product components to 
provide a specific characteristic, appearance, or quality or to perform a 
specific function.� �Intentionally added PFAS� also includes any degradation 
byproducts of PFAS.� �Intentionally added PFAS� shall not include a 
technically unavoidable trace quantity of PFAS which stems from impurities of 
natural or synthetic ingredients or the manufacturing process, storage, or 
migration from packaging of the product or product component. [�]

����� �Internal component� means an internal part of a 
product, whether permanently affixed or removable, that is designed and 
intended to not be touched by a person during the intended use or handling of 
the product.� �Internal component� includes parts of a product used for holding 
batteries, regardless of whether the parts are touched when replacing 
batteries. 

����� �Manufacturer� means the person that manufactures a 
product or whose brand name is affixed to the product.� In the case of a 
product imported into the United States, �manufacturer� includes the importer 
or first domestic distributor of the product if the person that manufactured or 
assembled the product or whose brand name is affixed to the product does not 
have a presence in the United States.

����� �Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances� or �PFAS� 
means substances that include any member of the class of fluorinated organic 
chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.

����� �Product� means an item manufactured, assembled, 
packaged, or otherwise prepared for sale to consumers, including its product 
components, which is sold or distributed for personal, residential, commercial, 
or industrial use, including for use in making other products.

����� �Product component� means an identifiable component 
of a product, regardless of whether the manufacturer of the product is the 
manufacturer of the component.

����� �Product 
label� means a display of written, printed, or graphic material that appears 
on, or is affixed to, the exterior of a product, or its exterior container or 
wrapper that is visible to a consumer, if the product has an exterior container 
or wrapper.

(cf: �P.L.2025, c.202, s.3)

���� 2. �This act shall take effect 
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