While PFAS plays a vital role in the safety, reliability, and sustainability of equipment, it is being considered for bans in many states.
The AEM state team recently headed out to St. Paul, Minnesota to talk to and educate lawmakers on PFAS. In 2023, Minnesota lawmakers passed Amara’s law, which bans PFAS in 11 different product categories beginning in January of 2025 and all non-essential uses by 2032. The law also requires manufacturers to submit reports on all products containing PFAS beginning in January 2026.
This session, Minnesota lawmakers introduced HF 1627/SB 2409 and HB1906/SB2409 to amend Amara’s law and create exemptions. HF 1627/SB 2409 would exempt commercial or industry products from the ban, while postponing the reporting requirements to January 2028. HF 1906/SB2409 would exempt internal components and electronics from the 2032 ban. AEM met with the sponsors of both bills, along with other members of the Commerce Finance and Policy Committee, where HF 1627 currently sits awaiting a hearing.
AEM will continue to educate Minnesota lawmakers on the proactive solutions equipment manufacturers are putting into place to protect public health and the environment. The association has also been advocating for and against other PFAS bills this session.
Indiana SB 538
This bill would exclude polymers, gases, and compounds that can become gases from the state’s legal definition of PFAS. The legislation would have provided regulatory certainty and predictability for equipment manufacturers and their supply chain throughout the state. The bill did not advance this session.
Illinois HB1295/ SB 117
These bills would require manufacturers of products containing internationally added PFAS to submit detailed information to the Illinois EPA, including product descriptions, the purpose of PFAS use, and the amount of each PFAS present. The bill would also ban the sale of any product containing intentionally added PFAS will be banned unless deemed currently unavoidable by the Pollution Control Board by January 2033.
Illinois HB 2954
The legislation establishes the Taxpayer Relief from Ubiquitous Synthetic Toxics (TRUST) Act, which would create a PFAS Fund. The fund would be financed through settlements from enforcement actions and an unspecified PFAS tax on manufacturers.
To learn more about PFAS advocacy on the state legislative level or to get involved in AEM’s advocacy efforts, please reach out to the AEM Advocacy Team.
