Colorado · outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions
For Colorado, product category is outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions; effective date is 2025-01-01; restriction type is disclosure requirement; later phase effective date is 2028-01-01; later phase restriction type is sale ban, recorded from its source on 2026-10-06.
- State
- Colorado our reading
- Product Category
- outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions verified
- Effective Date
- 2025-01-01 our reading
- Restriction Type
- disclosure requirement our reading
- Later Phase Effective Date
- 2028-01-01 our reading
- Later Phase Restriction Type
- sale ban our reading
- Statute / Bill
- CO SB24-081 our reading
- PFAS Definition
- intentionally added PFAS verified
- Exemptions
- personal flotation devices made for the health and safety of the user our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
On and after January 1, 2025, prohibiting the sale or distribution of certain outdoor apparel intended for extreme or extended use in severe wet conditions (outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions) that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals unless the product is accompanied by a disclosure that states that the product contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals (disclosure requirement);
— leg.colorado.gov, retrieved 2026-10-06
Where each value comes from
These values are stated in different places, and not all on the same page, so each is shown with the passage that states it and the source that passage came from.
Later Phase Effective Date and Later Phase Restriction Type
On and after January 1, 2028, as part of the product phaseout timeline, repealing the disclosure requirement and banning the sale or distribution of medical floor maintenance products, textile articles, outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions, and food equipment intended primarily for use in commercial settings that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals;
— from leg.colorado.gov, retrieved 2026-10-06
Exemptions
"OUTDOOR APPAREL FOR SEVERE WET CONDITIONS" DOES NOT INCLUDE PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES MADE FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE USER.
— from leg.colorado.gov, retrieved 2026-10-06
Sources
- leg.colorado.govhttps://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-081
- leg.colorado.govhttps://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_081_enr.pdf