---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the manufacture and sale of seasonal and decorative lighting products containing lead"
description: "Provides that on each seasonal and decorative lighting product manufactured, sold or delivered by a manufacturer or distributed in this state that contains an electrical cord casing in which lead is present in a quantity greater than one hundred parts per million, there shall be a warning label; defines terms; provides for civil penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 4522"
citation: "New York A 4522 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GALEF"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-11-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/946ca79d-5bb8-476d-b39a-cdd503d63cc3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A4522"
source_hash: "b8d7803653b6d96f9ab8d5a3e248bd6854f588e15d86b755c0814b5af8a35a05"
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 A 4522 (2021-2022) — Relates to the manufacture and sale of seasonal and decorative lighting products containing lead

Provides that on each seasonal and decorative lighting product manufactured, sold or delivered by a manufacturer or distributed in this state that contains an electrical cord casing in which lead is present in a quantity greater than one hundred parts per million, there shall be a warning label; defines terms; provides for civil penalties.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4522** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4522&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A4522A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A4522A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–9** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **51–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GALEF — primary (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** REPORTED
- **2021-05-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.315
- **2021-05-19** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4522A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-24** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5675A
- **2021-05-26** 3RD READING CAL.1227
- **2021-05-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-26** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-30** SIGNED CHAP.634 `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-30** APPROVAL MEMO.47

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/946ca79d-5bb8-476d-b39a-cdd503d63cc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).