While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is working to revamp regulations on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, including reporting requirements, states are charging ahead with their own PFAS legislation through 2026.
The legislation is a mix of recently enacted laws and statutory provisions being phased in, including reporting requirements with summer deadlines.
Below are laws and regulations manufacturers need to watch for in the new year. If there are any state mandates affecting your production, let us know at [email protected].
Colorado
Another phase of a 2024 Colorado PFAS law went into effect Jan. 1. The legislation banned the sale and distribution of intentionally added cookware, dental floss, menstrual products, ski wax and PFAS cleaning products except medical floor maintenance products. The law also prohibits a person from installing PFAS-containing artificial turf on any portion of land in the state.
Connecticut
Connecticut has begun implementing its disclosure requirements for the forever chemicals as part of a 2024 PFAS law. Starting Jan. 1, anyone distributing, selling or offering new or unused outdoor apparel utilized for severe wet conditions containing PFAS must place a visible label stating that it’s made with PFAS. Additionally, if a manufacturer or person sells turnout gear with intentionally added PFAS, they’re required to provide a written notice to the buyer at the time of sale, along with the reason for adding PFAS.
Then on July 1, anyone manufacturing, selling, offering or distributing PFAS-laced apparel, cleaning products, carpet or rugs, children’s products, cosmetics, cookware, menstruation products, textile furnishings, dental floss, fabric treatment, ski wax or upholstered furniture must have a visible label stating the product is made with PFAS. Moreover, manufacturers must provide a written notice to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The state agency will provide guidance on what manufacturers must include in the report later in the year.
Illinois
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law in August 2025 requiring manufacturers to report known uses of PFAS in firefighting gear and personal protective equipment, effective Jan. 1. Furthermore, manufacturers must disclose to consumers the use of PFAS and why it it was added to the product.
Maine
Maine’s existing PFAS law added more PFAS-laced products to its ban list. Beginning Jan. 1, people are not allowed to sale, distribute or offer cleaning products, cookware, cosmetics, dental floss, juvenile products, menstrual products, ski wax, and upholstered furniture made with PFAS. Textile articles with PFAS are prohibited as well, but exclude outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions or used in or is a component part of a watercraft, aircraft or motor vehicle.
Minnesota
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in December modified and adopted the state’s PFAS reporting and fees rule to curb the so-called forever chemicals in products. The PFAS reporting and fees rule is mandated under Amara’s Law, a Minnesota statute that aims to ban products intentionally manufactured with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances by 2032.
Additionally, the MPCA launched its PFAS Reporting and Information System for Manufacturers, or PRISM, to all manufacturers in January 2026. The deadline to submit initial reports is July 1, 2026.
New Mexico
The New Mexico Environment Department submitted proposed reporting rules in October to the state agency’s Environmental Improvement Board, which will oversee the process and enforcement. The proposed regulation is part of the PFAS Protection Act, a new law that aims to phase out cookware, food packaging, dental floss, juvenile products, and firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS in New Mexico beginning in 2027. The state is targeting to ban all non-exempt products containing PFAS by 2032.
Manufacturers may have to begin reporting their PFAS usage on July 1 if the reporting rules are finalized and will have until next year to submit their reports.
In the meantime, manufacturers and stakeholders are encouraged to provide feedback at the Environment Department’s public comment portal.
New Jersey
Starting Jan. 8, New Jersey law will begin prohibiting the sale, manufacture, distribution and use of PFAS-laced firefighting foam. However, owners or operators of a facility that uses certain types of fixed foam fire suppression systems will be allowed to use them until Jan. 8, 2028. Manufacturers may make or distribute the PFAS-laced foam to a facility owner or operator for this purpose.
New York
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill in December 2025 that will ban PFAS usage in menstrual products. The law will take effect a year after passage, and it will also prohibit the use of talc, lead and mercury.
Oregon
Beginning Jan. 1, a fire department, its employees, or its volunteers may not use PFAS-laced firefighting foam in the state. The usage excludes Federal Aviation Administration regulations or other federal laws. The legislation goes into operation on July 1.
Vermont
Starting Jan. 1, Vermont law prohibits manufacturers from making cosmetic and menstrual products, consumer products such as clothing and cookware, firefighting agents and equipment, and food packaging with PFAS.
Beginning July 1, if a manufacturer or person sells firefighter gear containing intentionally added PFAS, they’re required to provide a written notice to the buyer at the time of sale, along with the reason for adding PFAS. Additionally, the manufacturer, seller and buyer must retain the information for three years.
Washington
The Washington Department of Ecology authorized amendments to its Safer Products Restrictions and Reporting rule on Nov. 20. The modified regulation implements restrictions in PFAS-laced apparel, accessories, automotive washes and cleaning products set to begin Jan. 1, 2027.
The change also requires manufacturers to report PFAS usage in the production of apparel intended for extreme or extended use, footwear, recreation and travel gear, automotive waxes, cookware and kitchen supplies, firefighting personal protective equipment, floor waxes and polishes, hard surface sealers and ski waxes.
The reporting requirements went into effect Jan. 1 and manufacturers have until Jan. 31, 2027, to submit their reports.
