---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits cosmetic products and personal care products that contain mercury"
description: "Prohibits cosmetic products and personal care products that contain mercury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8630"
citation: "New York A 8630 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["REYES"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3316b6b6-0781-472a-b11d-0ca66f7cbb28"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8630"
source_hash: "dbdf3ab517f2345f13fe0a4b98e876c22bcee809a4a10830a840b4c06bda8b75"
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 8630 (2021-2022) — Prohibits cosmetic products and personal care products that contain mercury

Prohibits cosmetic products and personal care products that contain mercury.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8630** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8630&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A8630A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A8630A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- REYES — primary (person)
- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
- FORREST — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-06** PRINT NUMBER 8630A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** REPORTED
- **2022-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.550
- **2022-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.550
- **2022-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-01** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8291A
- **2022-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.1858
- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.754 `executive-signature`
- **2022-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.64

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3316b6b6-0781-472a-b11d-0ca66f7cbb28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).