PFAS apparel & textile rules, state by state.

The full picture

What actually matters for an apparel brand

• California is a lab number, not a promise. AB 1817 bans new textiles at ≥100 ppm total organic fluorine — dropping to 50 ppm on January 1, 2027. Your supplier's "PFAS-free" email doesn't answer a ppm question; a TOF test does.
• New York has banned most apparel since 2025 — with a numeric threshold still in DEC rulemaking, which means "intentionally added" is the operative test today.
• Washington is both of your 2027 problems. Outdoor apparel for extreme/extended use, footwear, and gear must be reportedby January 31, 2027 — and most other apparel & accessories are banned from January 1, 2027.
• The severe-wet carve-out is a countdown, not an exemption. CA, NY, and CT let severe-wet-condition outdoor apparel keep selling with a “Made with PFAS chemicals” disclosure — until the 2028 bans arrive. Rhode Island's version runs to 2029.
• Rhode Island explicitly includes footwear in its 2027 textile-articles ban — the statute says "apparel, textile furnishings and footwear."
• Minnesota wants the report either way. Apparel isn't in MN's 2025 ban list, but every apparel product with intentionally added PFAS sold into Minnesota belongs in your Sept 15 PRISM report — DWR coatings, waxed canvas treatments, membranes, and all.

The practical sequence

(1) Ask suppliers the intentionally-added question with CAS-level specifics — our free letter asks it correctly. (2) TOF-test the styles that matter for California's 50-ppm future. (3) File Minnesota by Sept 15 with documented unknowns where honest. (4) Calendar Washington's Jan 31, 2027 report now — it's the same dataset, reformatted.