---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to prohibiting household cleansing products, cosmetic products and personal care products that contain 1,4-dioxane"
description: "Prohibits household cleansing products, cosmetic products and personal care products that contain 1,4-dioxane."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6940"
citation: "New York S 6940 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAMINSKY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb477f00-83a1-40aa-9fb3-584e62313d8f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6940"
source_hash: "4181e7085bb8ce30a6430d9195ecb6f560f8a76c7fdb23a5690bf4f23991d544"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 6940 (2019-2020) — Relates to prohibiting household cleansing products, cosmetic products and personal care products that contain 1,4-dioxane

Prohibits household cleansing products, cosmetic products and personal care products that contain 1,4-dioxane.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S6940** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6940&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KAMINSKY — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.19
- **2020-01-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-01-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-13** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8955
- **2020-02-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.361
- **2020-02-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-04-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-17** SIGNED CHAP.44 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb477f00-83a1-40aa-9fb3-584e62313d8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).