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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 8537: Prohibits the sale of any children's product, upholstered furniture or mattress that contains textile fiberglass

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 8537 is a bill introduced in the New York House on May 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibits the sale of any children's product, upholstered furniture or mattress that contains textile fiberglass. Primary sponsor: David Weprin (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 20, 2026): REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Prohibits the sale of any children's product, upholstered furniture or mattress that contains textile fiberglass; prohibits any custom upholsterer from repairing, reupholstering, recovering, restoring or renewing upholstered furniture or reupholstered furniture using a replacement component that contains textile fiberglass, fibrous glass or glass wool.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
David WeprinPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Steve OtisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
  2. REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
  3. PRINT NUMBER 8537A
  4. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
  5. REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
  6. REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source