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2012 Senate Bill 6120: Prohibiting children's products that contain certain harmful chemicals
Introduced by Sen. Sharon Nelson (Maury Island) (D) on January 11, 2012
Prohibits manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale, or distributing for use in this state, a children's product containing TRIS, chemical compounds considered harmful, in amounts greater than fifty parts per million in any component.   Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the Senate Environment Committee on January 11, 2012
Substitute offered in the Senate on January 23, 2012
Makes grammatical and technical changes and clarifies the timeframe for when DOE may require alternatives assessments.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on January 23, 2012
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on January 23, 2012
Substitute offered in the Senate on February 7, 2012
Modifies the ban on TRIS to only apply to TCEP in amounts greater than one hundred parts per million in any component. Exempts the sale or use of recycled materials containing less than .01 percent of TCEP. Removes the ban on TDCPP. Clarifies that only used products sold by casual or isolated sales or by nonprofit organizations are exempt. Removes all other sections of the bill.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on February 7, 2012
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 9, 2012
Prohibits the manufacture, distribution, and sale of children's products containing TCEP in amounts greater than 100 parts per million beginning July 1, 2014. The prohibition does not apply to recycled materials containing less than .01 percent of TCEP or to previously owned products sold in casual or isolated sales or by nonprofit organizations.
Received in the House on February 13, 2012
Referred to the House Environment Committee on February 13, 2012
Referred to the House Rules Committee on February 23, 2012