HB 698 — An Act providing for bisphenol A-free container products.

PRINTER'S NO.   714

                    THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                        HOUSE BILL
                        No. 698
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY CERRATO, HANBIDGE, HILL-EVANS, GIRAL, FREEMAN,
        GUENST, McANDREW, BURGOS, HOWARD, PROBST, OTTEN, CIRESI,
        CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, PIELLI, SANCHEZ, MALAGARI, D. WILLIAMS, KHAN,
        SHUSTERMAN, O'MARA, STEELE, GREEN AND McNEILL,
        FEBRUARY 21, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE
        PROTECTION, FEBRUARY 21, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Providing for bisphenol A-free container products.
 2      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 3   hereby enacts as follows:
 4   Section 1.   Short title.
 5      This act shall be known and may be cited as the BPA-free
 6   Container Products Act.
 7   Section 2.   Definitions.
 8      The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
 9   have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
10   context clearly indicates otherwise:
11      "BPA."    Bisphenol A.
12      "Container."    A food or beverage package, parcel or other
13   vessel intended for use in storing, heating or serving liquids
14   or solids for consumption by the general population.
15   Section 3.   BPA-free food and beverage containers.
 1      (a)   Prohibition.--A person or entity may not manufacture,
 2   sell or distribute any container that contains BPA at a level
 3   above 0.1 parts per billion.
 4      (b)   Manufacturer standards.--The following standards apply
 5   to manufacturers' use and replacement of BPA:
 6            (1)   A manufacturer shall use the least toxic alternative
 7      when replacing BPA in containers in accordance with this
 8      section.
 9            (2)   A manufacturer may not, under this section, replace
10      BPA with carcinogens rated by the United States Environmental
11      Protection Agency as A, B or C carcinogens or substances
12      listed as known or likely carcinogens, known to be human
13      carcinogens, likely to be human carcinogens or suggestive of
14      being human carcinogens, as described by the United States
15      Environmental Protection Agency in the Integrated Risk
16      Information System.
17            (3)   A manufacturer may not, under this section, replace
18      BPA with reproductive toxicants that cause birth defects,
19      reproductive harm or developmental harm, as identified by the
20      United States Environmental Protection Agency.
21   Section 4.     Violation of Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer
22                  Protection Law.
23      A violation of section 3 constitutes unfair methods of
24   competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices within the
25   meaning of section 2(4) of the act of December 17, 1968
26   (P.L.1224, No.387), known as the Unfair Trade Practices and
27   Consumer Protection Law, and shall be subject to the enforcement
28   provisions, civil penalties and private rights of action
29   contained in that act.
30   Section 5.     Effective date.

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1     This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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