Additional U.S. States Ban PFAS-Containing Products

By Marietje Hauprich-Baggerman, senior regulatory specialist, Supply Chain team, UL Solutions, with contributions from Chelsea Lane and Krystal Spickler

The list of states banning or restricting the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in consumer products continues to grow. 

The tables below provide an overview of the states and the major product categories that are restricted or prohibited when PFAS are present.

References have been provided as there are different definitions of PFAS, effective dates on the bans as well as restrictions and/or certain prohibitions. Other provisions, which are not covered in this article, include obligations by the manufacturer, such as a notification requirement when selling firefighting personal protective equipment (PPE).

Firefighting Foam

Category	Class B Firefighting foam – discharge or use for training or testing purposes		Class B Firefighting foam – manufacture, offer for sale, distribution, use
U.S. State	Effective date	Reference	Effective date	Reference	PFAS Definition
Arizona	Jan. 1,2020	Arizona Revised Statutes Title 36.1696			2
Arkansas	Jan. 1, 2022	HB 1351			2
California	Jan. 1, 2022	SB 1044	Jan. 1, 2022	SB 1044	1
Colorado	Aug. 2, 2019	HB19-1279	Aug. 2, 2021	HB19-1279	1
Connecticut	July 1, 2021	Public Act No. 21-191			1
Georgia	Jan. 1, 2020	GA. Code § 25-2-41			2
Hawaii	July 1, 2023	House Bill 1644	July 1, 2023	House Bill 1644	1
Illinois	Jan. 1, 2022	Public Act 102-0290	Jan. 1, 2025	Public Act 102-0290	1
Indiana	June 30, 2020	House Enrolled Act 1189			2
Kentucky	July 15, 2020	Senate Bill 104			1
Louisiana	Jan. 1, 2022	House Bill 389			2
Maryland	Oct. 1, 2021	Senate Bill 420	Jan. 1, 2024	Senate Bill 273	2
Maine	Jan. 1, 2022	H.P. 1115 - L.D. 1505	Jan. 1, 2022	H.P. 1115 - L.D. 1505	1
Michigan	July, 2020	House Bill 4390			2
Minnesota	July, 2020	Law 325F.072			2
Nevada	Jan. 1, 2022	Assembly Bill No. 97			1
New Hampshire	Jan. 1, 2020	RSA 154:8-b	Jan. 1, 2020	Senate Bill 257	1
New York	Dec. 23, 2021	Senate Bill S439A	Dec. 23, 2021	Senate Bill S439A	1
Ohio	June 13, 2022	HB 158			2
Vermont	Oct. 1, 2023	Act No. 36 (S.20)	Oct. 1, 2023	Act No. 36 (S.20)	1
Virginia	July 1, 2021	VA Code Ann. 9.1-207.1			2
Washington	July 1, 2018	Senate Bill 6413	July 1, 2020	Senate Bill 6413	1
West Virginia	July 1, 2021	H 2722			3
Wisconsin	Sept. 1, 2020	Wis. Stat. § 299.48			1

PFAS Definitions:

1. Fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom
2. Fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom designed to be fully functional in firefighting foam
3. Non-polymeric PFAS with at least two fully fluorinated carbon atoms, except gases and volatile liquids

The most common regulated firefighting foam are class B, which are foams designed to suppress flammable liquid fires. Maine is the only state which addresses firefighting foams as a broad category which is not limited to class B.

Food Contact Materials

Category	Food Packaging – distribution, sale or offer for sale
U.S. State	Effective date	Reference	Packaging type
California	Jan. 1, 2023	Assembly Bill No. 1200	Paper, paperboard, or other materials derived from plant fibers
Colorado	Jan. 1, 2024	House Bill 22-1345	Paper, paperboard, or other materials derived from plant fibers
Connecticut	Dec. 31, 2023	Public Act No. 21-191	All materials
Hawaii	July 1, 2023	House Bill 1644	Paper, paperboard, or other materials derived from plant fibers
Maine	Jan. 1, 2022	LD 1433	All materials
Maryland	Jan. 1, 2024	Senate Bill 273	Paper, paperboard, or other materials derived from plant fibers
Minnesota	Jan. 1, 2024	S.F. No. 20	All materials
New York	Dec. 31, 2022	Senate Bill S8817	Paper, paperboard, or other materials derived from plant fibers
Rhode Island	Jan. 1, 2024	S.2044/H.7438	All materials
Vermont	July 1, 2023	Act No. 36 (S.20)	All materials
Washington	Jan. 1,2022*	Law 70A.222.070	Paper, paperboard, or other materials derived from plant fibers

PFAS Definitions: all states define PFAS as fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom 

Cookware

California and Colorado also have statutes regulating cookware.

Cookware is defined by each state as follows:

• California: “Cookware” means durable houseware items that are used in homes and restaurants to prepare, dispense, or store food, foodstuffs, or beverages. “Cookware” includes pots, pans, skillets, grills, baking sheets, baking molds, trays, bowls, and cooking utensils.
• Colorado: “Cookware" means a durable houseware product that is used in residences or kitchens to prepare, dispense, or store food or beverages. “Cookware" includes pots, pans, skillets, grills, baking sheets, baking molds, trays, bowls, and cooking utensils.

California’s AB 1200 became effective Jan. 1, 2023. It requires cookware containing any chemical on a designated list of chemicals (which includes, but is not limited to PFAS) disclose that information on the internet website for the cookware. The information required includes: 

• A list of chemical(s) in the cookware present on the designated list
• The names of the authoritative list or lists that each chemical is present
• A link to the website for the authoritative list

Starting Jan. 1, 2024, the cookware product label must disclose the designated chemicals present in the product and provide a website and QR code that provides the information in the bullet points above. There is an exception to these requirements for products with a surface area smaller than two square inches that do not have an exterior container, wrapper, or tag.

Colorado’s cookware restriction from HB 22-1345 will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024. It requires that intentionally added PFAS be disclosed on the label along with a website and QR code with additional information. This bill also includes an exception for products with a surface area smaller than two square inches that do not have an exterior container, wrapper, or tag.

Juvenile Products

Category	Juvenile products – reporting requirement		Juvenile products –  offer for sale, distribution, use
U.S. State	Effective date	Reference	Effective date	Reference	PFAS Definition
California			July 1, 2023	AB 652	1
Colorado			Jan. 1, 2024	HB 22-1345	1
Maine	July 21, 2015	LD 1129			2
New York	Mar. 1, 2020	A 6296			2
Oregon	Jan. 1, 2016	SB 478 / HB 3473			2
Vermont	July 1, 2022	S 20			2

PFAS Definitions:

1. Fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom
2. Restricts a set list of chemicals. See regulation or specific ingredients

General Consumer Products

State	Effective date	Reference	Covered Products	Regulation Type	PFAS Definition
California	Jan. 1, 2024	SB 343	Plastic packaging may not be labeled as recyclable	Labelling restriction	PFAS1 intentionally added or present at ≥100 ppm
	Jan. 1, 2024	AB 1201	Packaging may not be labeled as compostable	Labelling restriction	PFAS1 intentionally added or present at ≥100 ppm
	Jan. 1, 2022	SB 312	Cosmetics	Reporting requirement	2
	Jan. 1, 2025	AB 1817	Textile articles	Prohibition of manufacture, distribution, and sale	PFAS1 intentionally added or present at ≥100 ppm (1/1/25) or ≥50 ppm (1/1/27)
	Jan. 1, 2028		Outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions, unless labelled with warning
Colorado	Jan. 1, 2024	HB 22-1345	Carpets, rugs, fabric treatments, oil and gas products	Prohibition of manufacture, distribution, and sale	PFAS1 intentionally added
	Jan. 1, 2025		Cosmetics, indoor textile furnishings, indoor upholstered furniture
	Jan. 1, 2027		Outdoor textile furnishings, outdoor upholstered furniture
Illinois	June 8, 2022	HB 4818	Prohibits disposal by incineration of any restricted PFAS	Disposal prohibition	3
Maryland	Jan. 1, 2024	HB 0275/SB 0273	Rugs, carpets	Prohibition of manufacture, distribution, and sale	PFAS1 intentionally added
	May 30, 2021	HB 0643	Cosmetics	Prohibition	2
Maine	June 1, 2021	LD 264	Aerial application of pesticides	Reporting requirement	1
	Jan. 1, 2030	LD 2019	Pesticides	Prohibition	PFAS1 intentionally added
	Jan. 1, 2023 (phase 1) Jan. 1, 2030 (phase 2)	LD 1503/ HP 1113	Phase 1: Carpets, rugs, fabric treatment (prohibition); consumer products (notification) Phase 2: consumer products (prohibition), unless unavoidable	Notification from manufacturer;	PFAS1 intentionally added
New York	Jan. 1, 2025	S 6291A/A 7063A	Apparel	Prohibition	PFAS1 intentionally added
	Dec. 31, 2023	S 5027C/A 9279A	Carpets	EPR	1
Vermont	July 1, 2023	S20	Rugs, carpets, aftermarket fabric treatments, ski wax	Prohibition	PFAS1 intentionally added
	July 1, 2022		Children’s products		PFHxS, PFHpA, PFNA4

PFAS Definitions:

1. Fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom
2. Restricts a set list of chemicals. See regulation or specific ingredients
3. TRI-PFAS - those listed in Section 313 of EPCRA, with exceptions
4. PFHxS = perfluorohexane sulfonic acid; PFHpA = perfluoroheptanoic acid; PFNA = perfluorononanoic acid

The ChemADVISOR^® Regulatory Database will continue to be updated as new information becomes available. Expect to see some of these regulations with the April 2023 release.

This article is an update to the previously published article located here.

Recommended action items

• Review your company’s products that are being sold in these states to confirm if they contain intentionally added PFAS.
• Seek substitute ingredient(s) if your product(s) contain PFAS substances that are prohibited or restricted and ensure compliance with requirements set by each regulation.

References

Arkansas

https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2021R%2FPublic%2F&file=315.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2021%2F2021R

https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/01696.htm

California

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1044

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1200

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB652

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_1851-1900/ab_1879_cfa_20080821_111017_sen_comm.html

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB343

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1201

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1817

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB312

Colorado

http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1119_signed.pdf

http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1279_signed.pdf

https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1345_signed.pdf

Connecticut

https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00191-R00SB-00837-PA.PDF

Georgia

https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/187641

Hawaii

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/GM1253_.PDF

Illinois

https://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=110&GA=102&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=561&GAID=16&LegID=133149&SpecSess=&Session=

https://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=110&GA=102&DocTypeId=HB&DocNum=4818&GAID=16&LegID=139278&SpecSess=&Session=

Indiana

https://iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/2021/ic/titles/036/#36-8-10.7-6

Kentucky

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/sb104/bill.pdf

Louisiana

http://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1239350

Maryland

https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/Chapters_noln/CH_139_sb0273e.pdf

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/chapters_noln/Ch_490_hb0643T.pdf

Maine

http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1115&item=5&snum=130

https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/32/title32sec1733.html

https://www.maine.gov/dep/safechem/childrens-products/highconcern/index.html

https://www.maine.gov/dep/safechem/childrens-products/concern/documents/ChemicalsofConcern_2017.pdf

http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1113&item=5&snum=130

http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0185&item=3&snum=130

http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1501&item=4&snum=130

Michigan

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(roh15tta2xxyotqbld1dvwy5))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-29-369c

https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/billintroduced/House/pdf/2019-HIB-4389.pdf

Minnesota

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF359&version=2&session=ls91&session_year=2019&session_number=0

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF20&version=1&session=ls92&session_year=2021&session_number=1

New Hampshire

https://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2019&txtFormat=html&v=HA&id=1050

Nevada

https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Division/Legal/LawLibrary/NRS/NRS-459.html#NRS459Sec670

New York

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7167

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8817

https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A06296&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7063

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5027

Ohio

https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_134/bills/hb158/EN/05/hb158_05_EN?format=pdf

Oregon

https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/viewSingleRule.action?ruleVrsnRsn=285241

Rhode Island

http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2044A.pdf

http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7438.pdf

Virginia

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title9.1/chapter2/section9.1-207.1/

Vermont

https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT036/ACT036%20As%20Enacted.pdf

https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2022/Docs/ACTS/ACT170/ACT170%20As%20Enacted.pdf

https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/18/038A

https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2014/Docs/ACTS/ACT188/ACT188%20As%20Enacted.pdf

Washington

https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=70A.400&full=true

https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/House/2265-S.SL.pdf?q=20221031122404

https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=70A.222&full=true

Wisconsin

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/299/48

West Virginia

https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2021_SESSIONS/RS/signed_bills/house/HB2722%20SUB%20ENR_SIGNED.pdf