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VermontH.2382025-2026 SessionHouseWALLET

An act relating to the phaseout of consumer products containing added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Sponsored By: Amy D Sheldon (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Consumer packaging faces fluorine treatment bans

Beginning July 1, 2027, manufacturers cannot sell, offer, or distribute specified products in fluorine-treated containers in Vermont. This applies even when the products themselves contain no intentionally added PFAS. That restriction exempts products already used by a consumer as intended. Beginning January 1, 2032, the ban expands to fluorine-treated containers themselves and any consumer product packaged in one. The broader ban covers manufacturing, sales, offers for sale, and distribution in Vermont.

Stricter chemical limits for household products

Vermont bars manufacturers from making, selling, offering, or distributing listed products with intentionally added PFAS chemicals. Covered products include stain- and water-resistant textile treatments, artificial turf, cleaning products, cookware, dental floss, incontinence products, and baby products. Coverage also includes residential rugs and carpets, ski wax, textiles, and clothing, including apparel for severe wet conditions. General provisions take effect January 1, 2026; cleaning products and dental floss follow July 1, 2027. Cookware and outdoor apparel provisions take effect July 1, 2028. Products already used by a consumer as intended are exempt; children's all-terrain vehicles are excluded from baby-product coverage. Antimicrobial pesticides are excluded from the cleaning-product definition. Beginning January 1, 2026, intentionally added PFAS includes chemicals added for appearance, quality, function, or another specific trait. It also includes breakdown products and PFAS used in processing, mold release, or intermediate steps when detected in the final product. Beginning July 1, 2027, the regulated-PFAS threshold drops from 100 to 50 parts per million, measured as total organic fluorine. This threshold applies to a product or its parts; intentionally added PFAS also triggers regulation regardless of amount.

Firefighters gain chemical limits and warnings

Beginning July 1, 2029, sellers and distributors cannot sell or distribute firefighting protective gear with intentionally added PFAS in Vermont. Respirators and respiratory protection equipment remain exempt until July 1, 2032. During that exemption, manufacturers must give buyers written notice at sale identifying PFAS and explaining why they were added. From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, sellers must provide similar notices for firefighting uniform shirts and pants. Sellers and buyers must keep both types of notices for at least three years after the sale. By December 15, 2028, the Agency of Natural Resources must report on PFAS-free gear availability and costs after consulting Public Safety. The report must assess whether alternatives are usually available at comparable prices and go to the municipal league for local distribution.

Manufacturers must answer chemical compliance requests

Manufacturers must respond within 60 days after receiving a compliance certificate request from Vermont's Attorney General. They must either certify compliance or notify sellers of noncompliant products that sales in Vermont are prohibited. In the second case, manufacturers must also give the Attorney General those sellers' names and addresses. A supplier's certificate can only help determine the manufacturer's reporting duties; it does not replace the manufacturer's obligations.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Amy D Sheldon

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Ela Chapin

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

Actions Timeline

  1. House message: Governor approved bill on June 11, 2025

    6/13/2025House

  2. Signed by Governor on June 11, 2025

    6/11/2025House

  3. Delivered to Governor on June 5, 2025

    6/5/2025House

  4. House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment

    5/29/2025House

  5. Senate proposal of amendment concurred in

    5/28/2025House

  6. Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment

    5/28/2025House

  7. Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment

    5/27/2025House

  8. Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment

    5/23/2025Senate

  9. Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment

    5/21/2025Senate

  10. New Business/Third Reading

    5/21/2025Senate

  11. 3rd reading ordered

    5/20/2025Senate

  12. Proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to

    5/20/2025Senate

  13. Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare

    5/20/2025Senate

  14. Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare

    5/20/2025Senate

  15. New Business/Second Reading

    5/20/2025Senate

  16. Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare

    5/16/2025Senate

  17. Second Reading

    5/16/2025Senate

  18. Entered on Notice Calendar

    5/16/2025Senate

  19. Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Health and Welfare

    3/19/2025Senate

  20. Read third time and passed

    3/14/2025House

  21. Action Calendar: Third Reading

    3/14/2025House

  22. Third Reading ordered

    3/13/2025House

  23. Report of Committee on Environment agreed to

    3/13/2025House

  24. Rep. Chapin of East Montpelier reported for the Committee on Environment

    3/13/2025House

  25. Read second time

    3/13/2025House

Bill Text

  • As Enacted (ACT 54)Opens in a new window

    6/18/2025

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  • As Passed by Both Chambers

    6/2/2025

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  • As Passed by Both Chambers (Unofficial)

    6/2/2025

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  • Senate Proposal of Amendment

    5/23/2025

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  • Senate Proposal of Amendment (Unofficial)

    5/23/2025

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  • As Passed by the House

    3/20/2025

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  • As Passed by the House (Unofficial)

    3/20/2025

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  • As Introduced

    2/14/2025

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