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S9704 • 2025

Enacts the "no toxics tent act"

Enacts the "no toxics tent act"

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Sponsor
Cordell Cleare
Last action
2026-06-03
Official status
Senate Floor Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

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Enacts the "no toxics tent act"

Enacts the "no toxics tent act" Relates to the definition of portable temporary shelters for the purposes of prohibitions on the manufacture or sale of products containing highly flammable materials.

What This Bill Does

  • Enacts the "no toxics tent act" Relates to the definition of portable temporary shelters for the purposes of prohibitions on the manufacture or sale of products containing highly flammable materials.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-03 Senate

    SUBSTITUTED BY A7875

  2. 2026-05-14 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  3. 2026-05-13 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. 2026-05-12 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.1109

  5. 2026-04-02 Senate

    REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

Official Summary Text

Enacts the "no toxics tent act"
Relates to the definition of portable temporary shelters for the purposes of prohibitions on the manufacture or sale of products containing highly flammable materials.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          9704

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      April 2, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  enacting  the
          "no toxics tent act"

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "no  toxics
     2  tent act".
     3    §  2.  Subdivision  3-a of section 500 of the general business law, as
     4  added by chapter 318 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
     5    3-a. "Portable temporary shelter"  shall  include  but  shall  not  be
     6  limited  to[,]  any  type  of  tent[, fold-out or pop-up camping or tent
     7  trailer, recreational vehicle awning  or  add-on  room  or  shelter,  or
     8  screen  house]  made  in whole, or in part of fabric or related material
     9  AND DEFINED AS A PLACE OF ASSEMBLAGE IN OR UNDER WHICH FIFTEEN  OR  MORE
    10  PERSONS  MAY  GATHER. THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO TENTS DESIGNED
    11  OR MANUFACTURED FOR CHILDREN'S PLAY, CAMPING, BACKPACKING,  OR  MOUNTAI-
    12  NEERING,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  TENTS  ARE  CONSTRUCTED WITH FABRIC MADE
    13  ENTIRELY FROM SYNTHETIC FIBERS.
    14    § 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11284-02-5