March 2026 PFAS Legislative Developments

March Legislation Tracking (March 1 – March 31)

Current Trends in Legislation – March 2026

Federal Legislature

    • One new bill was introduced.

State Legislature

  • 30 bills were introduced across 11 states.
  • Topics include comprehensive PFAS bans and public disclosure of PFAS data.

New Bills This Period

PFAS Legislation

Federal

  • One new bill introduced.

    State

      • 30 bills introduced.
      • 1 in CT
      • 1 in GA
      • 4 in HI
      • 1 in MI
      • 10 in MN
      • 2 in NJ
      • 4 in NY
      • 1 in OH
      • 2 in RI
      • 1 in VT
      • 2 in WI

      Signed into Law

      Bill HB 938 (PA) was enrolled 3/25/2026. The bill requires facilities discharging to surface water under a VPDES permit, or to publicly owned treatment works under an industrial pretreatment program, to report their PFAS manufacture or use..

          Highlighted Bills – PFAS Legislation

          Federal
          Federal Bill: S 4153
          • Bill Name: Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026 
          • Sponsors: Dick Durban
          • Introduced: 3/19/2026
          • Status: Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Work
          • Summary: The bill proposes a 10-year phaseout of nonessential uses of PFAS, requiring manufacturers and users to report on their use, releases, and safer alternatives.
          State
          State Bill: HB 1501 (GA)
          • Bill Name: An Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 
          • Sponsors: Eric Gisler
          • Introduced: 3/3/2026
          • Status: Introduced
          • Summary: The requires the Environmental Protection Division to create and maintain a public website listing PFAS levels in public water systems, including MCL thresholds for substances like PFOA, PFOS, and PFHxS. It establishes specific maximum contaminant levels for these PFAS chemicals and mandates that water utilities notify residents when PFAS levels exceed those limits.
          State Bill: SCR 137 (HI)
          • Bill Name: Senate Concurrent Resolution 
          • Sponsors: Sen. Gabbard
          • Introduced: 3/16/2026
          • Status: Introduced
          • Summary: The resolution calls for the Department of Defense to reassess prior determinations and closure decisions under CERCLA in response to evolving scientific understanding of PFAS and recent federal hazardous substance designations. The Department of Defense is urged to also initiate or supplement additional preliminary assessments and site inspections where releases or substantial threats of release may not have been fully evaluated and to expand PEAS investigations at all military sites in the state.
          State Bill: SR 129 (HI)
          • Bill Name: Senate Resolution 
          • Sponsors: Sen. Gabbard
          • Introduced: 3/16/2026
          • Status: Introduced
          • Summary: This resolution echoes all aspects of SCR 137 but further calls for the Department of Defense to conduct total oxidizable precursor assay testing, where scientifically appropriate, and to publicly disclose complete analytical results for all PFAS compounds tested, including the full list of forty PFAS analytes measured under Environmental Protection Agency Method 1633 or any successor method.
          State Bill: SB 816 (MI)
          • Bill Name: PFAS Protection Act 
          • Sponsors: Rosemary Bayer
          • Introduced: 3/4/2026
          • Status: Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Agriculture
          • Summary: The bill is a comprehensive PFAS ban that establishes a framework to regulate products containing intentionally added PFAS, requiring manufacturers to provide prior written notification to the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy before selling certain products such as apparel, carpets, and children’s items starting January 1, 2028. These products must include a legible label stating “Made with PFAS chemicals” by January 1, 2029.
          State Bill: HF 3934 (MN)
          • Bill Name: PFAS Biomonitoring 
          • Sponsors: Representative Hill
          • Introduced: 3/5/2026
          • Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
          • Summary: The bill allocates funds from the environmental fund to the Pollution Control Agency to support PFAS biomonitoring in eastern metro areas.
          State Bill: HF 3962 (MN)
          • Bill Name: A bill for an Act on PFAS in environmental samples 
          • Sponsors: Representative Fischer
          • Introduced: 3/5/2026
          • Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
          • Summary: The bill mandates that the Pollution Control Agency identify and report emerging PFAS in Minnesota’s environmental samples. It requires a public review process for a PFAS management protocol to be developed by January 1, 2028. The agency must also establish water quality standards for PFOA and PFOS, applying to class 2 waters.
          State Bill: HF 4257 (MN)
          • Bill Name: A Bill for an Act on Information about Products Containing intentionally added PFAS 
          • Sponsors: Rep. Heintzeman
          • Introduced: 3/12/2026
          • Status: Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
          • Summary: The bill is a comprehensive PFAS ban and prohibits the sale of PFAS-containing products in categories like carpets, cookware, and cosmetics beginning January 1, 2025. Specific uses in products such as medical devices, electronics, and transportation equipment are exempted as currently unavoidable uses. A complete ban on all PFAS-containing products is set to take effect on January 1, 2032. The bill requires manufacturers to disclose information in products with intentionally added PFAS.
          State Bill: S 3835 (NJ)
          • Bill Name: An Act Concerning PFAS 
          • Sponsors: Linda Greenstein
          • Introduced: 3/10/2026
          • Status: Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
          • Summary: The bill mandates that the DEP conduct a five-year assessment of unregulated PFAS to determine if new drinking water standards should be established. It also requires an evaluation of whether current or proposed maximum contaminant levels adequately protect children, who have higher water intake relative to body weight.
          State Bill: S 9496 (NY)
          • Bill Name: An Act to Amend the Insurance Law 
          • Sponsors: Nathalia Fernandez
          • Introduced: 3/18/2026
          • Status: Referred to Insurance
          • Summary: The bill requires every policy which provides medical, major medical, or similar comprehensive-type coverage shall provide coverage for testing of PFAS levels in blood if ordered by a physician or other licensed health care provider legally authorized to order such testing under title eight of the education law.
          State Bill: HB 743 (OH)
          • Bill Name: A Bill to Prohibit PFAS 
          • Sponsors: Daniel Troy
          • Introduced: 3/10/2026
          • Status: Introduced
          • Summary: The bill is a comprehensive PFAS ban with a phased implementation beginning in 2028 and full prohibition effective by 2033. It requires manufacturers to report PFAS content and allows exemptions for products governed by federal law or deemed essential for health and safety.
          State Bill: SB 1138 (WI)
          • Bill Name: An Act Relating to banning products containing intentionally added PFAS 
          • Sponsors: Sen. Pfaff
          • Introduced: 3/19/2026
          • Status: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
          • Summary: The bill proposes to prohibit the sale or distribution of certain products that contain intentionally added PFAS, beginning 1/1/2032. The bill prohibits the sale or distribution of all products containing intentionally added PFAS beginning January 1, 2038. The bill provides certain exemptions to this ban, including by allowing the Department of Natural Resources to identify, by rule, products in which the use of PFAS is an unavoidable use.

          Updates on Previously Highlighted Bills

          Federal
          State
          HB1153 (MD) was approved by the Governor 5/9/2024. This bill establishes limits for PFAS in any water discharged by industrial entities.
          S25 (VT) was approved by the Governor 5/30/2024. This bill prohibits the sale of certain products, including cosmetics, mistral products, and textiles containing intentionally-added PFAS.

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