New York S 4691: Prohibits the sale and distribution of certain mercury-added lamps

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S04691 Summary:

BILL NOS04691B

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSRJACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§27-2101 & 27-2107, En Con L

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Prohibits the sale and distribution of compact fluorescent mercury-added lamps and linear fluorescent mercury-added lamps on and after January 1, 2029; provides exceptions; allows for sale of otherwise prohibited lamps from existing stock acquired prior to such date.

Go to top S04691 Actions:

BILL NOS04691B

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02/11/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1376

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/09/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4691A

06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/12/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

02/04/20261ST REPORT CAL.262

02/05/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/09/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/21/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4691B

05/11/2026PASSED SENATE

05/11/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/11/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4691--B
 Cal. No. 262

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. CLEARE, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
 Conservation -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to
 first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and
 ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 -- 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, ordered to a third
 reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
 order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 prohibiting the sale and distribution of certain mercury-added lamps

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

 1 Section 1. Section 27-2101 of the environmental conservation law is
 2 amended by adding two new subdivisions 35 and 36 to read as follows:
 3 35. "Compact fluorescent mercury-added lamp" means a compact, low-
 4 pressure, mercury-containing, electric-discharge light source, whether
 5 integrally ballasted or non-integrally ballasted and regardless of the
 6 tube diameter or length and the shape or size of the lamp, in which a
 7 fluorescent coating transforms a portion of the ultraviolet energy
 8 generated by the mercury discharge into visible light and that:
 9 (a) Has a single base or end cap of any type, including, but not
 10 limited to, a screw base type, a bayonet base type or a two-pin or four-
 11 pin base type; and
 12 (b) Provides a light emission between a correlated color temperature
 13 of seventeen hundred kelvin and twenty-four thousand kelvin and a Duv of
 14 +0.024 and -0.024 in the international commission on illumination (CIE)
 15 uniform color space (CAM02-UCS).
 16 36. "Linear fluorescent mercury-added lamp" means a low-pressure,
 17 mercury-containing, electric-discharge light source, regardless of the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03900-06-6

 S. 4691--B 2

 1 tube diameter and the shape of the lamp, in which a fluorescent coating
 2 transforms a portion of the ultraviolet energy generated by the mercury
 3 discharge into visible light and that:
 4 (a) Has two bases or end caps of any type, including, but not limited
 5 to, a one-pin or two-pin base type and a recessed double contact base
 6 type;
 7 (b) Provides a light emission between a correlated color temperature
 8 of seventeen hundred kelvin and twenty-four thousand kelvin and a Duv of
 9 +0.024 and -0.024 in the international commission on illumination (CIE)
 10 uniform color space (CAM02-UCS); and
 11 (c) Has a tube length of 0.5 feet to eight feet.
 12 § 2. Sect