# New Jersey · carpet or fabric treatment — US state PFAS product restriction effective dates by category

For New Jersey, product category is carpet or fabric treatment; effective date is 2028-01-12; restriction type is sale ban; statute / bill is NJ P.L.2025, c.202 (S1042), C.56:3-57; pfas definition is intentionally added PFAS, recorded from its source on 2026-10-07.

- **State:** New Jersey _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Product Category:** carpet or fabric treatment _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective Date:** 2028-01-12 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction Type:** sale ban _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute / Bill:** NJ P.L.2025, c.202 (S1042), C.56:3-57 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **PFAS Definition:** intentionally added PFAS _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Exemptions:** the sale or resale of a used carpet or fabric treatment _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Unavoidable Trace Quantity:** a technically unavoidable trace quantity of PFAS, which stems from impurities of natural or synthetic ingredients or the manufacturing process, storage, or migration from packaging _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Enforcement Agency:** New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 5. a. Beginning two years after the effective date of this act, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in the State a carpet or fabric treatment that contains intentionally added PFAS.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Effective Date

> 17. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved January 12, 2026.

### Exemptions

> This prohibition shall not apply to the sale or resale of a used carpet or fabric treatment.

### Unavoidable Trace Quantity

> b. If a carpet or fabric treatment contains a technically unavoidable trace quantity of PFAS, which stems from impurities of natural or synthetic ingredients or the manufacturing process, storage, or migration from packaging of the product, that trace quantity shall not cause the product to be in violation of this section.

### Enforcement Agency

> Whenever the Division of Consumer Affairs finds that a person has violated any provision of this act, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto

## Source

- https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/PL25/202_.HTM

Last verified: 2026-10-07. Review by: 2027-01-05.
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