Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session
Relating to: banning products containing intentionally added PFAS and providing a penalty. (FE)
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- Introduced, stopped here
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Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Beginning January 1, 2028, this bill prohibits the sale or distribution of certain
products that contain intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS), including food packaging, cleaning products, cosmetics, and
textile furnishings. The bill prohibits the sale or distribution of all products
containing intentionally added PFAS beginning January 1, 2034. The bill provides
certain exemptions to this ban, including by allowing the Department of Natural
Resources to identify, by rule, products in which the use of PFAS is an unavoidable
use.
The bill allows DNR to require manufacturers to test certain products for PFAS.
A person that violates the prohibition on sales and distribution is subject to a civil
forfeiture of $100 for each violating product, for each day that the violation continues.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Agard (D) , Carpenter (D) , Hesselbein (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wirch (D)
21 cosponsors
Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Bare (D) , Billings (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Emerson (D) , Hong (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D)
Full history
- Mar 18, 2024 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Pfaff, Agard, Carpenter, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Palmeri, Billings, Baldeh, J. Anderson, Andraca, Bare, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Hong, Joers, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Ratcliff, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs and Subeck
- Mar 18, 2024 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- Apr 3, 2024 · Senate
Representative Madison added as a cosponsor
- Apr 4, 2024 · Senate
Representative Vining added as a cosponsor
- Apr 9, 2024 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 15, 2024 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1