Understanding PFAS state requirements

PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are regulated at both the federal and the state level. Federally, EPA's PFAS reporting rule under TSCA section 8(a)(7) (40 CFR part 705) requires a one-time report from companies that manufactured or imported PFAS in any year from 2011 through 2022, including PFAS imported inside articles. Under the rule as amended on April 13, 2026 (91 FR 18786), the submission period opens on January 31, 2027, or 60 days after a date EPA will announce in the Federal Register if that comes first. States also have their own PFAS product laws, and those are what this article covers. It summarizes the laws of the states below; it is not a complete list, and these laws are amended often, so check the current text before relying on a date.

• California — textile articles, including apparel, may not contain regulated PFAS from January 1, 2025: PFAS intentionally added, or total organic fluorine at or above 100 ppm (50 ppm from January 1, 2027). Outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions is exempt until January 1, 2028, but meanwhile must carry the disclosure "Made with PFAS chemicals". The manufacturer must give sellers a certificate of compliance (Health and Safety Code 108970–108971). Cosmetics with intentionally added PFAS are banned from January 1, 2025 (HSC 108981.5).
• Maine (38 MRSA §1614) — phased sales bans on intentionally added PFAS, ending with all remaining products from 2032. Notification to Maine DEP applies only to products determined a currently unavoidable use; there is no general annual disclosure. A certificate of no intentionally added PFAS must be producible within 30 days of a department request.
• Minnesota (Minn. Stat. §116.943, "Amara's Law") — carpets and rugs, cleaning products, cookware, cosmetics, dental floss, fabric treatments, juvenile products, menstruation products, textile furnishings, ski wax, and upholstered furniture with intentionally added PFAS banned from January 1, 2025; all remaining products from January 1, 2032 unless the use is a currently unavoidable use. Manufacturers must also report products with intentionally added PFAS to the MPCA.
• New York (ECL 37-0121) — apparel with intentionally added PFAS banned from January 1, 2025; outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions from January 1, 2028.
• Washington (RCW 70A.350; WAC 173-337-110) — intentionally added PFAS restricted in aftermarket stain and water treatments and in carpets and rugs from January 1, 2025, indoor furniture and furnishings from January 1, 2026, and apparel and accessories, automotive washes, and cleaning products from January 1, 2027. Other products, such as cookware and footwear, carry a reporting duty instead: an annual notice to Ecology, due by January 31, through its notification database (WAC 173-337-060).
• Colorado (C.R.S. 25-15-604) — intentionally added PFAS banned in carpets and rugs, fabric treatments, food packaging, juvenile products, and oil and gas products from January 1, 2024, and in cosmetics, indoor textile furnishings, and indoor upholstered furniture from January 1, 2025 (HB 22-1345). HB 22-1345 made cookware a labeling requirement; SB 24-081 replaced that with a ban on cookware with intentionally added PFAS from January 1, 2026, along with cleaning products, dental floss, menstruation products, and ski wax, and extends bans to textile articles, including apparel, from January 1, 2028.
• Connecticut — food packaging with intentionally added PFAS banned no later than December 31, 2023 (Public Act 21-191). Under Public Act 24-59, from July 1, 2026, apparel, carpets, cleaning products, cookware, cosmetics, dental floss, fabric treatments, children's products, menstruation products, textile furnishings, ski wax, and upholstered furniture with intentionally added PFAS need prior written notification to the department and labeling, and from January 1, 2028 they may not be sold.

Importers and the definition of "manufacturer": Maine, Minnesota, and New York each treat the importer or first domestic distributor as the manufacturer only when the maker or brand owner has no presence in the United States (38 MRSA §1614(1)(E); Minn. Stat. §116.943, subd. 1(o); ECL 37-0121). If your supplier or brand owner has a US presence, the duty sits with them first. Check the definition before assuming a duty is, or isn't, yours.

TIP: Aleph doesn't file state PFAS reports or notifications for you. On the PFAS page you can send a supplier a request for a PFAS declaration, and you can keep declarations and test reports on each product's Compliance tab.