A 5048 — Prohibits sale, manufacture, and distribution of certain apparel and diaper products containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.*

A5048 1R2R [First[Second Reprint] ASSEMBLY, No.

ONYEMA District 28 (Essex and Union) Assemblywoman  KATIE BRENNAN District 32 (Hudson)    Co-Sponsored  by:   SYNOPSIS      Prohibits sale, manufacture, and distribution of certain apparel and diaper products containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Assemblywoman Swain and Assemblyman Tully   CURRENT  VERSION  OF  TEXTSYNOPSIS      AsProhibits reportedsale, bymanufacture, theand Assemblydistribution Consumerof Affairscertain Committeeapparel onand Junediaper 4,products 2026,containing withintentionally amendments.added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

  CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT      As reported by the Assembly Budget Committee on June 28, 2026, with amendments.

       1.    (New section) a.  Beginning two years after the effective date of P.L.    , c.     (C.        ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), no person shall sell, offer for sale, manufacture, or distribute for sale or use in the State 1[any]1 2any2 apparel 1or a2[a]2 diaper product1 containing intentionally added PFAS.

     b.    A2(1) violationBeginning two years after the effective date of P.L.    , c.     (C.        ) (pending before the provisionsLegislature as this bill), a manufacturer of subsectionany a.apparel or diaper product shall certify, in a form and manner prescribed by the division, that each apparel or diaper product that it manufactures does not contain intentionally added PFAS.

     (2) The certification required by paragraph (1) of this sectionsubsection shall constitutebe submitted to the division and be valid for a violationperiod of P.L.2025,five c.202years.  (C.56:3-53Upon eta al.),modification andto the violatormanufacturing process or material components of an apparel or diaper product, the product’s manufacturer shall besubmit subjecta torevised allcertification remediesreflecting andthe penaltiesmodifications availableand pursuantthat tothe sectionproduct 10does ofnot P.L.2025,contain c.202intentionally 1[(C.56:3-63)] added (C.56:3-62)1.PFAS.

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     c.2   A violation of the provisions 2[of subsection a.]2 of this section shall constitute a violation of P.L.2025, c.202 (C.56:3-53 et al.), and the violator shall be subject to all remedies and penalties available pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2025, c.202 1[(C.56:3-63)]  (C.56:3-62)1.

     2[c.] d.2     Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose liability on any news media that accepts or publishes advertising for any product or activity that would otherwise be subject to the provisions of this section.

     1“Diaper product” means an absorbent product, either disposable or reusable, manufactured to be worn to contain human waste.  The term excludes2[excludes] “diaper product” shall not include2 a “menstrual product” as that term is defined in subsection a.