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An Act to Allow the Sale of Polymer-coated Cookware That Is Authorized for Food Contact by the United States Food and Drug Administration

An Act to Allow the Sale of Polymer-coated Cookware That Is Authorized for Food Contact by the United States Food and Drug Administration

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Sponsor
Senator Jeffrey Timberlake
Last action
2025-04-17
Official status
Reports Read On motion by Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED . PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 108 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Sent down for concurrence
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An Act to Allow the Sale of Polymer-coated Cookware That Is Authorized for Food Contact by the United States Food and Drug Administration

An Act to Allow the Sale of Polymer-coated Cookware That Is Authorized for Food Contact by the United States Food and Drug Administration Sponsor: Senator Jeffrey Timberlake Reference committee: Environment and Natural Resources Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Allow the Sale of Polymer-coated Cookware That Is Authorized for Food Contact by the United States Food and Drug Administration Sponsor: Senator Jeffrey Timberlake Reference committee: Environment and Natural Resources Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-17 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative DOUDERA of Camden, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . ROLL CALL NO. 89 (Yeas 120 - Nays 22 - Absent 8 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1) In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. Placed in the Legislative Files. ( DEAD )

  2. 2025-04-15 Senate

    Reports Read On motion by Senator TEPLER of Sagadahoc the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED . PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 108 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Sent down for concurrence

  3. 2025-04-11 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

  4. 2025-03-26 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-03-26 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-03-04 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Allow the Sale of Polymer-coated Cookware That Is Authorized for Food Contact by the United States Food and Drug Administration
Sponsor:
Senator Jeffrey Timberlake
Reference committee:
Environment and Natural Resources
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 827
S.P. 351 In Senate, March 4, 2025
An Act to Allow the Sale of Polymer-coated Cookware That Is
Authorized for Food Contact by the United States Food and Drug
Administration
Reference to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered
printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin.

Page 1 - 132LR1566(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §1614, sub-§1, ¶A-10, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 630, §1, is
3 amended to read:
4 A-10. "Cookware product" means a durable houseware product intended to be used on
5 a cooktop or in an oven to prepare , dispense or store food, foodstuffs or beverages,
6 including, but not limited to, a pot, pan, skillet, grill, baking sheet, baking mold, tray,
7 bowl and cooking utensil. "Cookware product" does not include a polymer-coated
8 durable item that the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Food
9 and Drug Administration authorizes for food contact.
10Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §1614, sub-§5, ¶B-1, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 630, §1, is
11 amended by amending subparagraph (2) to read:
12 (2) A cookware product with a cooking surface that is intended to be in direct
13 contact with foodstuffs or beverages and containing intentionally added PFAS .
14 This subparagraph does not apply to a cookware product with a cooking surface
15 containing polytetrafluoroethylene, fluorinated ethylene propylene or
16 perfluoroalkoxy alkane;
17SUMMARY
18 This bill allows the sale of cookware with a cooking surface containing the PFAS
19 polytetrafluoroethylene, fluorinated ethylene propylene or perfluoroalkoxy alkane.
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