New York A 6886: Provides for the provision to consumers of information concerning household hazardous products at the point of retail sale by labels and pamphlets

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A06886 Summary:

BILL NOA06886 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCook (MS)

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COSPNSRSimon

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MLTSPNSROtis

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Add Art 37 Title 4 §37-0401, En Con L

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Establishes a program to provide information to consumers concerning household hazardous products; provides such information be available at the point of retail sale by labels and pamphlets; provides such information should disclose hazards and inform people of environmentally safer alternatives; provides for the establishment of a hazardous product list by the department of environmental conservation.

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BILL NOA06886 

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03/18/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6886

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. COOK, SIMON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
 OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental
 Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 retail shelf labeling of household hazardous products and related
 consumer information

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

 1 Section 1. Article 37 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 2 by adding a new title 4 to read as follows:
 3 TITLE IV
 4 HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS; CONSUMER INFORMATION
 5 Section 37-0401. Household hazardous products; consumer information.
 6 § 37-0401. Household hazardous products; consumer information.
 7 1. To the extent funds are available, the department shall, in consul-
 8 tation with New York retailers and product manufacturers, establish a
 9 program to:
 10 a. provide information to retailers with respect to the hazardous
 11 products specified in subdivision two of this section and environ-
 12 mentally safer alternatives to those products;
 13 b. provide labels for retail use with respect to the hazardous
 14 products;
 15 c. provide pamphlets for consumers, to be made available by retailers
 16 at the point of sale, describing the toxicity of these hazardous
 17 products, safer disposal methods, and alternative products which are
 18 environmentally safer; and
 19 d. require that retail establishments display these labels and
 20 pamphlets on shelves, or in the immediate vicinity of hazardous
 21 products, within one year of the effective date of this section.
 22 2. "Hazardous products" for the purposes of this section are defined
 23 as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08958-01-5

 A. 6886 2

 1 a. Automotive products including motor oil, transmission fluid, engine
 2 lubricants and cleaners, oil, and transmission fluid additives, gasoline
 3 additives, gas line freeze-up products, antifreeze, and windshield wiper
 4 solutions;
 5 b. Shoe polishes, floor waxes, car waxes, furniture polishes, spray
 6 dust cleaners, furniture stains and wood preservatives;
 7 c. Mineral spirits, turpentine, alcohols not for human consumption,
 8 cresol, and naphtha;
 9 d. Paints, whether for brush or spray application, aerosol paints,
 10 lacquers, and thinners (except water);
 11 e. Drain cleaners, sink and toilet bowl cleaners, and oven cleaners;
 12 f. Spot and stain removers with petroleum base;
 13 g. Petroleum based fertilizers sold for residential application;
 14 h. Pesticides sold for residential application; and
 15 i. Lead-acid batteries, swimming pool chemicals, photographic chemi-
 16 cals, most glues and adhesives, self-lighting charcoal, charcoal light-
 17 er, butane lighters, and all aerosols (except personal care products).
 18 3. The department may, by regulation, add to or delete from the list
 19 established in subdivision two of this section, as deemed appropriate.
 20 Similarly, the department may delete from the list specific products
 21 that do not contain a hazardous chemical in concentration at or above
 22 one percent. A hazardous chemical, for purposes of this section, shall
 23 b