Maryland · rug or carpet
For Maryland, product category is rug or carpet; effective date is 2024-01-01; restriction type is sale ban; statute / bill is Md. Code, Env. § 6-1604.1 (MD HB 275 (2022)); pfas definition is intentionally added, recorded from its source on 2026-10-06.
- State
- Maryland our reading
- Product Category
- rug or carpet verified
- Effective Date
- 2024-01-01 our reading
- Restriction Type
- sale ban our reading
- Statute / Bill
- Md. Code, Env. § 6-1604.1 (MD HB 275 (2022)) our reading
- PFAS Definition
- intentionally added verified
- Exemptions
- the sale or resale of a used rug or carpet 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
(b) On or after January 1, 2024, a person may not manufacture or knowingly sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale or use in the State a rug or carpet to which PFAS chemicals have been intentionally added.
— mgaleg.maryland.gov, retrieved 2026-10-06
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
Exemptions
(a) This section does not apply to the sale or resale of a used rug or carpet.
— all from mgaleg.maryland.gov, retrieved 2026-10-06
Source
- mgaleg.maryland.govhttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gen§ion=6-1604.1&enactments=false