New York S 7839: Requires third-party evaluations of district-wide school safety plans

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S07839 Summary:

BILL NOS07839B

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SAME ASSAME AS A01430-C

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRCLEARE

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §37-0123, amd §71-3703, En Con L

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Prohibits the sale of medical adhesives and bandages containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; provides penalties for violations.

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BILL NOS07839B

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05/09/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

06/09/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

06/09/2025PRINT NUMBER 7839A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.734

04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/27/2026AMENDED 7839B

04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/02/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7839--B
 Cal. No. 734

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
 Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
 as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the
 Committee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with Senate Rule
 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
 and second report, amended on second report, ordered to a third read-
 ing, and to be reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order
 of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 prohibiting the sale of medical adhesives and bandages containing
 perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 37-0123 to read as follows:
 3 § 37-0123. Prohibitions against the sale of medical adhesives and band-
 4 ages containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
 5 substances.
 6 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
 7 the following meanings:
 8 (a) "Medical adhesives and bandages" means any product intended for
 9 medical purposes that consists of a strip of fabric material or plastic,
 10 coated on one or more sides with an adhesive, and may include a pad of
 11 surgical dressing, and is used to cover and protect wounds, hold togeth-
 12 er the skin edges of a wound, support an injured part of the body, or
 13 secure objects to the skin. Medical adhesives and bandages shall not
 14 include any medical devices over which the United States food and drug
 15 administration has exclusive jurisdiction under the federal food, drug,
 16 and cosmetic act, 21 U.S.C. 321 et seq.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03943-06-6

 S. 7839--B 2

 1 (b) "Intentionally added chemical" shall have the same meaning as
 2 subdivision four of section 37-0121 of this title.
 3 (c) "Manufacturer" means a person, firm, association, partnership or
 4 corporation:
 5 (i) that produces or whose brand name is affixed to medical adhesives
 6 and bandages; or
 7 (ii) in the case of medical adhesives and bandages that were imported
 8 into the United States, "manufacturer" means the importer or first
 9 domestic distributor of such medical adhesives and bandages if no person
 10 who is a manufacturer within the meaning of subparagraph (i) of this
 11 paragraph has a presence in the United States.
 12 (d) "Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances" or "PFAS
 13 substances" mean a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at
 14 least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.
 15 2. Beginning one year after the effective date of this section, no
 16 person shall sell or offer for sale in this state any medical adhesives
 17 and bandages containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances:
 18 (a) as intentionally added chemicals; or
 19 (b) at or above a level that the department shall establish in regu-
 20 lation that is the lowest level that c