A bill for an act prohibiting municipalities and fire departments from purchasing fire fighter equipment that does not contain a label regarding perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Senate

File

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

254

BY

WESTRICH

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

prohibiting

municipalities

and

fire

departments

from

1

purchasing

fire

fighter

equipment

that

does

not

contain

2

a

label

regarding

perfluoroalkyl

and

polyfluoroalkyl

3

substances.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

100B.51

Fire

fighter

equipment

——

1

required

label.

2

1.

As

used

in

this

section,

unless

the

context

otherwise

3

requires:

4

a.

“Fire

fighter

equipment”

means

clothing

designed,

5

intended,

or

marketed

to

be

a

structural

fire

fighting

6

protective

ensemble

or

ensemble

element

that

includes

coats,

7

trousers,

coveralls,

helmets,

gloves,

footwear,

interface

8

components,

and

other

components

used

to

construct

such

9

clothing.

10

b.

“Municipality”

means

the

same

as

defined

in

section

11

100B.21.

12

c.

“Perfluoroalkyl

and

polyfluoroalkyl

substances”

means

13

any

chemical

of

a

class

of

fluorinated

organic

chemicals

that

14

contains

at

least

one

fully

fluorinated

carbon

atom

and

is

used

15

in

fire

fighting

agents.

16

2.

On

or

after

July

1,

2026,

a

municipality

or

fire

17

department

shall

not

purchase

fire

fighter

equipment

unless

18

the

fire

fighter

equipment

contains

a

permanently

affixed

19

label

indicating

whether

the

fire

fighter

equipment

contains

20

perfluoroalkyl

and

polyfluoroalkyl

substances.

21

Sec.

2.

IMPLEMENTATION

OF

ACT.

Section

25B.2,

subsection

22

3,

shall

not

apply

to

this

Act.

23

EXPLANATION

24

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

25

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

26

This

bill

prohibits

a

municipality

or

fire

department

from

27

purchasing

fire

fighter

equipment

unless

the

fire

fighter

28

equipment

contains

a

permanently

affixed

label

indicating

29

whether

the

fire

fighter

equipment

contains

perfluoroalkyl

and

30

polyfluoroalkyl

substances.

31

The

bill

may

include

a

state

mandate

as

defined

in

Code

32

section

25B.3.

The

bill

makes

inapplicable

Code

section

25B.2,

33

subsection

3,

which

would

relieve

a

political

subdivision

from

34

complying

with

a

state

mandate

if

funding

for

the

cost

of

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the

state

mandate

is

not

provided

or

specified.

Therefore,

1

political

subdivisions

are

required

to

comply

with

any

state

2

mandate

included

in

the

bill.

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