What it covers
Enacted statutes and adopted rules that ban or limit PFAS in products, require manufacturers to report or label, or restrict firefighting foam and firefighter gear. Federal and international pages add the reporting, drinking water, cleanup and chemical rules compliance teams deal with alongside product law. State drinking water and cleanup standards, local ordinances and retailer policies are outside the register.
How entries are checked
Each provision cites the statute, session law, rule or official notice it comes from, and the source is linked beside the date. Where only a trade publication or law-firm alert confirmed a fact, the entry carries a Secondary source mark until the primary text is checked. Dates are the dates in the current law. When an amendment moved a date, the entry shows the new date and the change log records the move. Every entry was last checked on September 28, 2026; each page repeats its verification date.
Status labels
- In force
- The ban or limit applies today.
- Scheduled
- Enacted, with a start date still ahead. The label switches on the day.
- Applies
- A reporting, labeling or other duty applies today.
- Starts
- A duty with a start date still ahead.
- Enjoined
- A court has blocked the provision for now.
- Proposed
- Not adopted. Shown only on federal and international pages.
Corrections
Send corrections through the contact form with a link to the source. Accepted corrections are dated in the change log, so anyone who cited an earlier version can see what changed.
Claims checked and set aside
Common claims that did not hold up against the statutes when this register was built:
- California: California has no artificial turf PFAS ban. AB 1423 was vetoed on October 8, 2023.
- California: California did not ban PFAS in cookware, cleaning products, dental floss or ski wax. SB 682 was vetoed on October 13, 2025, and the Senate sustained the veto on March 2, 2026.
- California: SB 1266 (2024) concerns bisphenols in children's products and does not change the PFAS rules.
- Connecticut: Connecticut's labeling and manufacturer notification duties began July 1, 2026. The January 1, 2026 date applied only to the outdoor apparel disclosure and the turnout gear notice.
- Rhode Island: Rhode Island's 2024 act contains no ban on PFAS in all products, and it does not list cleaning products or dental floss.
- Rhode Island: Rhode Island's food packaging ban took effect January 1, 2025, after two delays from the original January 1, 2024 date.
- New Hampshire: New Hampshire's 2027 ban does not cover cookware.
- New York: New York's carpet PFAS ban applies from December 31, 2026 under its carpet producer responsibility law.
- Maryland: Maryland has no PFAS pesticide ban. A 2024 bill died in committee.
- Virginia: Virginia has not enacted a ban on PFAS in food packaging. No such section was found in the Code of Virginia.
- Washington: Washington does not ban PFAS in ski wax or firefighter gear. Both are reporting categories under the 2025 rule.
- Alaska: Alaska's 2023 foam bill, HB 51, was vetoed. SB 67, enacted in 2024, is the law in force.
- Vermont: Vermont's cookware ban now starts July 1, 2028. Act 54 of 2025 moved it from January 1, 2026.
- Utah: No Utah statute restricting PFAS firefighting foam was found in the Utah Code.
- Texas: No Texas statute restricting PFAS firefighting foam was found in the Texas statutes.
- Illinois: Illinois dropped cookware and food packaging from its 2025 product law before passage.
Who maintains it
PFAS Regulations is an Agency Echelon research property maintained by Stephen Bowles. Research is AI-assisted and checked against the cited sources; the AI policy explains how. Nothing here is legal advice.