| 1 | 1 | | BILL AS INTRODUCED H.250 |
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| 5 | 5 | | VT LEG #380556 v.1 |
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| 6 | 6 | | H.250 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Introduced by Representatives Morris of Springfield, Austin of Colchester, 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Bartholomew of Hartland, Bos-Lun of Westminster, Casey of 3 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Montpelier, Logan of Burlington, Pritchard of Pawlet, 4 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Satcowitz of Randolph, Sheldon of Middlebury, and Waszazak 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | of Barre City 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Referred to Committee on 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Date: 8 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Subject: Consumer protection; firefighting personal protective equipment; 9 |
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| 15 | 15 | | station wear; perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances 10 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to require a 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | written notice regarding the presence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 12 |
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| 18 | 18 | | substances in firefighting station wear sold by a manufacturer or other person 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | in the State effective July 1, 2026. It further proposes to prohibit the sale and 14 |
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| 20 | 20 | | distribution in the State of personal protective equipment and firefighting 15 |
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| 21 | 21 | | station wear containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances effective 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | July 1, 2028. 17 |
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| 23 | 23 | | An act relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in 18 |
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| 24 | 24 | | firefighting personal protective equipment and station wear 19 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.250 |
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| 28 | 28 | | VT LEG #380556 v.1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | * * * Effective July 1, 2026 * * * 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Sec. 1. 9 V.S.A. § 2494p is amended to read: 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | § 2494p. DEFINITIONS 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | As used in this subchapter: 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | * * * 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (8) “Station wear” means uniform shirts and pants worn by firefighting 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | personnel in the performance of their duties, often underneath personal 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | protective equipment. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Sec. 2. 9 V.S.A. § 2494s is amended to read: 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | § 2494s. SALE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | STATION WEAR CONTAINING PFAS 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (a) A manufacturer or other person that sells firefighting equipment to any 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | person, municipality, or State agency shall provide written notice to the 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | purchaser at the time of sale, citing to this subchapter, if the personal protective 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | equipment or station wear contains PFAS. The written notice shall include a 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | statement that the personal protective equipment or station wear contains 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | PFAS and the reason PFAS are added to the equipment. 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) The manufacturer or person selling personal protective equipment or 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | station wear and the purchaser of the personal protective equipment or station 20 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.250 |
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| 52 | 52 | | VT LEG #380556 v.1 |
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| 53 | 53 | | wear shall retain the notice for at least three years from the date of the 1 |
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| 54 | 54 | | transaction. 2 |
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| 55 | 55 | | * * * Effective July 1, 2028 * * * 3 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Sec. 3. 9 V.S.A. § 2494s is amended to read: 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | § 2494s. PROHIBITED SALE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 5 |
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| 58 | 58 | | EQUIPMENT AND STATION WEAR CONTAINING PFAS 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (a) A manufacturer or other person that sells firefighting equipment to any 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | person, municipality, or State agency shall provide written notice to the 8 |
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| 61 | 61 | | purchaser at the time of sale, citing to this subchapter, if the personal protective 9 |
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| 62 | 62 | | equipment or station wear contains PFAS. The written notice shall include a 10 |
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| 63 | 63 | | statement that the personal protective equipment or station wear contains 11 |
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| 64 | 64 | | PFAS and the reason PFAS are added to the equipment not sell, offer for sale, 12 |
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| 65 | 65 | | distribute for sale, or distribute for use in this State any personal protective 13 |
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| 66 | 66 | | equipment or station wear to which PFAS have been intentionally added. 14 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (b) The manufacturer or person selling personal protective equipment or 15 |
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| 68 | 68 | | station wear and the purchaser of the personal protective equipment shall retain 16 |
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| 69 | 69 | | the notice for at least three years from the date of the transaction. [Repealed.] 17 |
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| 70 | 70 | | * * * Effective Dates * * * 18 |
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| 71 | 71 | | Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATES 19 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (a) This section and Secs. 1 (definitions) and 2 (sale of personal protective 20 |
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| 73 | 73 | | equipment and station wear containing PFAS) shall take effect on July 1, 2026. 21 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.250 |
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| 77 | 77 | | VT LEG #380556 v.1 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (b) Sec. 3 (prohibited sale of personal protective equipment and station 1 |
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| 79 | 79 | | wear containing PFAS) shall take effect on July 1, 2028. 2 |
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