1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public health; prohibiting the sale of certain cleaning products 
1.3 	containing triclosan;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 145.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [145.945] CERTAIN CLEANING PRODUCTS PROHIBITED.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Prohibition. In order to prevent the spread of infectious disease and 
1.8 	avoidable infections and to promote best practices in sanitation, no person shall offer for 
1.9 	sale in Minnesota any cleaning product that contains triclosan and is used for sanitizing or 
1.10 	hand and body cleansing.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Exception. The prohibition in subdivision 1 shall not apply to individual 
1.12 	products for which specific United States Food and Drug Administration approval for 
1.13 	consumer use has been secured.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2016.