The Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee will meet on Thursday, February 22, 2024, at 10 a.m. in Committee Room 12, 4th Floor, State House Annex in Trenton, NJ to consider the following bills:
A3800 (Sampson, pending intro and referral) Prohibits the sale of certain children’s products containing lead, mercury, or cadmium.
A3801 (Hall, pending intro and referral) Prohibits the sale, distribution, and manufacture of jewelry containing cadmium.
FOR DISCUSSION ONLY:
A3018 (Calabrese) Establishes a task force to study the presence of mercury in floors of certain facilities.
A3019 (Calabrese/Stanley/Danielsen) Requires new flooring for schools and child care centers to be certified to be mercury-free.
The public may address comments and questions to Kathryn Meza, Jaime Velazquez, Committee Aides, or make bill status and scheduling inquiries to Charles Lwanga, Secretary, at (609)847-3870 fax (609)777-2715, or e-mail: OLSAideACO@njleg.org. Written and electronic comments, questions, and testimony submitted to the committee by the public, as well as recordings and transcripts, if any, of oral testimony, are government records and will be available to the public upon request.
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