Prohibits sale, distribution, and manufacture of jewelry containing cadmium.
This bill prohibits the sale, distribution, manufacture, or import of jewelry containing more than 0.03% cadmium by weight in New Jersey. It directly affects jewelry manufacturers, distributors, importers, and retail stores, requiring immediate recalls of non-compliant products. Retailers must remove recalled jewelry from sale within 48 hours and return all inventory to the manufacturer within 14 days at the manufacturer's cost. Manufacturers must dispose of recalled jewelry within 60 days to prevent public access, with violations enforced under the Consumer Fraud Act.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
General Assembly Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 22, 2024
Last action May 16, 2024
Floor votes · General Assembly May 13, 2024
How they voted
72–0
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 80
May 13, 2024
D
Democratic52
88% Yea
R
Republican28
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
May 16, 2024
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee
upper
May 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (72-0-0)
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee
lower
3 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Garnet Hall
DDemocratic
P
Tennille McCoy
DDemocratic
P
Will Sampson
DDemocratic
Co
Kevin Egan
DDemocratic
Co
Shanique Speight
DDemocratic
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