HB1855: Consumer Protection Act; PFAS chemicals in children's products.

Legislative Summary

Consumer Protection Act; PFAS chemicals in children's products. Prohibits the sale, offering for sale, or manufacturing for sale of a children's product that the supplier knows or has reason to know contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). PFAS is defined in the bill as substances that include any member of the class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. The bill exempts children's products that are used, secondhand, or "seconds" from the prohibition.