A 3801 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Prohibits sale, distribution, and manufacture of jewelry containing cadmium.

This bill prohibits the sale, distribution, manufacture, or import of jewelry containing more than 0.03% cadmium by weight in New Jersey. It directly affects jewelry manufacturers, distributors, importers, and retail stores, requiring immediate recalls of non-compliant products. Retailers must remove recalled jewelry from sale within 48 hours and return all inventory to the manufacturer within 14 days at the manufacturer's cost. Manufacturers must dispose of recalled jewelry within 60 days to prevent public access, with violations enforced under the Consumer Fraud Act.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
General Assembly Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 22, 2024 Last action May 16, 2024
Floor votes · General Assembly May 13, 2024

How they voted

720
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 80
May 13, 2024
D Democratic52
46 Yea 6
88% Yea
R Republican28
26 Yea 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
May 16, 2024
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee
upper
May 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (72-0-0)
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee
lower
3 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors