Packaging EPR and PFAS Law Tracker
Packaging and PFAS rules are being written state by state. Know which ones reach your products.
A monthly report on packaging producer responsibility, PFAS and plastics laws across the states, for the companies that make and sell packaged goods.
For brand owners, packaging suppliers, retailers and their trade associations.
- bills in scope
- 650bills in scope
- jurisdictions
- 50jurisdictions
What is moving now
Ranked by how far each bill has moved. Matched through 25 October 2026.
70Enacted
10Cleared both chambers
119Past committee
3Active in committee
448Introduced or inactive
650 bills in scope
Enacted
12 of 70 shown
DEHB 356AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PFAS IN FIREFIGHTING FOAM AND EQUIPMENT.30 September 2026EnactedCAAB 1901Children's diapers: intentionally added ingredients: disclosure.28 September 2026EnactedCAAB 1603Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Department of Pesticide Regulation.27 September 2026EnactedCASB 1341Beverage containers: wine and distilled spirits: processing fees.27 September 2026EnactedCAAB 2481Beverage containers: recycling: glass: quality incentive payments.20 September 2026EnactedCASB 633Plastic beverage containers: recycling.18 September 2026EnactedCASB 955Beverage containers: supermarkets: reverse vending machines.18 September 2026EnactedNJS 1281Prohibits sale, manufacture, and distribution of certain apparel and diaper products containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.*27 August 2026EnactedILHB 2955EPA-PFAS WASTEWATER21 August 2026EnactedILHB 4418EPA-STORMWATER-PLASTIC PELLET7 August 2026EnactedNHHB 1275relative to the effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on agriculture, exempting certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl products from use restrictions, and relative to the definition of "drinking water standard".16 July 2026EnactedHISB 3138RELATING TO INDEPENDENT AUDITS OF DEPOSIT BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTORS.26 June 2026Enacted
Every bill links to the legislature's own page.
Each issue
- What moved this month in each state, and what was signed.
- Bills grouped by topic: EPR, PFAS, plastics, labeling.
- A short plain-language summary of each bill that moved.
- What to watch next month.
Topics
- Packaging EPR
- Producer responsibility programmes, producer fees and stewardship organisations.
- PFAS bans in products
- Intentionally added PFAS in packaging, cookware, textiles and consumer goods.
- PFAS in water, land and health
- Drinking water and soil limits, cleanup and liability, biomonitoring and firefighter exposure.
- Plastics bans and bottle deposits
- Bag and foam bans, single-use plastics and container deposit programmes.
- Recyclability and labeling claims
- When a package may say recyclable or compostable, and the symbols it may carry.
Tracker scopes are model-drafted, not attorney-reviewed. The report covers legislation: bills and how they move.