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New Jersey S3946 Proposes PFAS Notification and Prohibition for Firefighting PPE
PFAS New JerseyNew Jersey LegislatureNew Jersey
Announced
Jun 30, 2025
Description
Senate Bill S3946 would require producers of firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally added PFAS to provide written notice to purchasers informing them that the product contains PFAS. The bill would also prohibit the sale, manufacture, and distribution of firefighting PPE containing intentionally added PFAS. The Senate Environment and Energy Committee reported the bill favorably on June 12, 2025, and the Senate amended it on June 30, 2025.
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New Jersey S3946 Proposes PFAS Notification and Prohibition for Firefighting PPE
SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY COMMITTEE STATEMENT TO SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE, No. 3946 STATE OF NEW JERSEY DATED: JUNE 12, 2025 The Senate Environment and Energy Committee reports favorably a Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 3946. As substituted and reported, this bill would require producers of firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and
New Jersey S3946 Proposes PFAS Notification and Prohibition for Firefighting PPE
personal protective equipment and supplementing 2 Title 56 of the Revised Statutes. 3 4 BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 5 of New Jersey: 6 7 1. As used in this act: 8 “Firefighting personal protective equipment” means any clothing 9 or wearable items designed, intended, or marketed to be worn by 10 firefighting personnel in the performance of their duties that are 11 designed for use in