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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 3852: Prohibits the sale of playground surfacing materials that contain PFAS, PAHs or more than ninety parts per million of lead; and provides penalties for violations

Passed one chamber 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

S 3852 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibits the sale of playground surfacing materials that contain PFAS, PAHs or more than ninety parts per million of lead; and provides penalties for violations. Primary sponsor: Michelle Hinchey (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 4, 2026): SUBSTITUTED BY A7594C.

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 playground surfacing materials that contain PFAS, PAHs or lead; prevents sellers of playground surfacing materials that contain PFAS, PAHs or lead from being held in violation when relying in good faith on a certificate of compliance provided by the manufacturer; provides penalties for violations.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Democratic/Working Families 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michelle HincheyPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Samra BroukCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate55
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Brian KavanaghCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Shelley MayerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate37
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Jose SerranoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate29
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“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. SUBSTITUTED BY A7594C
  2. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3852C
  3. VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
  4. RETURNED TO SENATE
  5. RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
  6. REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
  7. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  8. PASSED SENATE
  9. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  10. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  11. 1ST REPORT CAL.102
  12. PRINT NUMBER 3852B

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

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