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A1854
ASSEMBLY, No. 1854
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JAMES J. KENNEDY
District 22 (Somerset and Union)
SYNOPSIS
���� Prohibits sale of certain cleaning products
containing triclosan.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
concerning cleaning products that contain
triclosan and supplementing Title 24 of the Revised Statutes.�
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� a.�� No person shall
sell or offer for sale in the State any cleaning product that contains
triclosan and is used by consumers for sanitizing or hand and body cleansing.
���� b.��� Subsection a. of this
section shall not apply to an individual product for which specific United
States Food and Drug Administration approval for consumer use has been secured.
���� c.���� A person who violates
this section shall be liable to a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each
violation, to be collected in a summary proceeding pursuant to the �Penalty
Enforcement Law of 1999,� P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.).� If the
violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall
constitute a separate and distinct offense.� The municipal court and the
Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the �Penalty Enforcement Law
of 1999.�� The Department of Health may institute a civil action for injunctive
relief to enforce this act and to prevent a violation of its provisions, and
the court may proceed in the action in a summary manner.�
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect one year after the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
���� This bill would, beginning one
year after its enactment into law, prohibit the sale of any cleaning product
that contains triclosan and is used by consumers for sanitizing or hand and
body cleansing.� The bill would not apply to individual products for which
specific United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for consumer
use has been secured.� A person who violates this bill would be liable to a
civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each offense, and each day during which the
violation continues would constitute a separate offense.
���� In September 2016, the FDA
banned the use of triclosan in over-the-counter consumer antiseptic wash
products.� According to the FDA, manufacturers of these products did not
demonstrate that the ingredient is both safe for long-term daily use and more
effective than plain soap and water in preventing illness and the spread of
disease.� Specifically, triclosan has been associated with hormone disruption
in animals and possibly contributes to making bacteria resistant to
antibiotics.� The federal ban will take effect in September 2017, and some
manufacturers have already started removing triclosan from their products.�
However, the federal ban only applies to products intended to be used with
water and rinsed off after use, and does not apply to consumer hand-sanitizers
or wipes.� Following the lead of Minnesota, this bill would prohibit the use of
triclosan in all products used by consumers for sanitizing or hand and body
cleansing, except those that receive specific approval for consumer use from
the FDA.