2007 House Bill 4132 ↩

House Roll Call 228: Passed

To prohibit the use, possession or sale of any “lead-bearing substance” on or in any clothing, accessories, jewelry, decorative objects, edible items, candy, food, dietary supplements, toys, furniture, or other articles used by or intended to be chewable by children. The ban would also apply to any fixture or other object containing a lead bearing substance that is intended to be used, installed, or located in or on a surface of a dwelling, residential building, or child care facility, and that, in the ordinary course of use, is accessible to or chewable by a child. The bill would also ban the possession, sale or transfer of a lead-bearing substance that may be used by the general public unless it bears a warning statement. "Lead-bearing substance" is defined as an item or substance that contains or is coated with lead so that the lead content is more than 0.06 percent of the total weight. Firearms ammunition would be excluded from the bill. It authorizes penalties of up to a $5,000 fine for a first offense, and up to $50,000 for a third offense.