Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05286 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/12/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5286
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 694
 *00694*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. BACKER, 121st Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5286 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 694

*00694*

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. BACKER, 121st Dist.

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPORT AND SALE OF COSMETICS THAT CONTAIN MICROBEADS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit both the import and sale of cosmetics that contain microbeads. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To protect the state's water resources and aquatic species from pollution posed by microbeads.